On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Mamoru Tasaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, again: > > Tom "spot" Callaway wrote, at 06/15/2008 04:06 AM +9:00: >> On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 03:36 +0900, Mamoru Tasaka wrote: >>> Hello, all: >>> >>> Now I am trying to review rsssserver (bug 450409). >>> First I checked the license issue of this package, then I found some of the >>> codes >>> are licensed under the below: >>> >>> /*********************************************************************NVMH1**** >>> File: >>> nv_algebra.h >>> >>> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002 NVIDIA Corporation >>> This file is provided without support, instruction, or implied warranty of >>> any >>> kind. NVIDIA makes no guarantee of its fitness for a particular purpose >>> and is >>> not liable under any circumstances for any damages or loss whatsoever >>> arising >>> from the use or inability to use this file or items derived from it. >> >> This isn't really a license, there is no permission to use, copy, >> modify, or redistribute. I know you're not going to like this answer, >> but someone is going to need to contact the copyright holder (NVIDIA >> Corp) to ask them if they will grant permission to use, copy, modify, >> and redistribute this source. >> >> As-is, non-free. >> >> ~spot > > The submitter replied to me that the upstream replied to him that the > relevant codes are actually licensed under the following: > > http://developer.download.nvidia.com/licenses/general_license.txt > > I am very unsure if we can treat this as free. Would you judge this license? > IANAL, but if the only items that fall under the license are header files, then the object code / art assets provisions surely does not apply (unless the binary is considered the "Object Code version", as opposed to the "Object Code derivative")
Not sure what the government-related provisions entail, though. Regards, -- Michel Salim http://hircus.jaiku.com/ _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
