Re: Mopac - public domain

1997-12-24 Thread john
I wrote: > However, they have disclaimed copyright, so the only thing that would > forbid removal of the notice would be a US statute. As you are outside the > US you could ignore it, though it would be discourteous not to give credit. Kai Henningsen writes: > *Is* there such an US statute? Not

Re: Mopac - public domain

1997-12-23 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dr. Drake Diedrich writes: > > Before I put any effort into this, is anyone familiar with this law? > > This > > C Notice of Public Domain nature of MOPAC > C > C 'This computer program is a work of the United States > C

Re: Mopac - public domain

1997-12-22 Thread john
Dr. Drake Diedrich writes: > Before I put any effort into this, is anyone familiar with this law? This C Notice of Public Domain nature of MOPAC C C 'This computer program is a work of the United States C Government and as such is not subject to protection by C copyright

Mopac - public domain

1997-12-22 Thread Drake Diedrich
Before I put any effort into this, is anyone familiar with this law? Is it the same as NASA's NQS that became Cray NQS (commercial), Cern NQS (free?), GNQS (GPL), ... ? Mopac is one of the few free computational chemistry packages, and already has an rpm. PROGRAM MOPAC C C Notic