R: METIS License

[Marco Atzeri]

--- Ven 28/5/10, Ben Abbott ha scritto:

> It's been a few years since METIS was
> discussed here. I took a look at the source code today, and
> don't see any license at all.
> 
>     http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/views/metis
> 
> Do I remember correctly that there was a license is the
> past?
> 
> Ben 
> 

from the 5.0pre2 source :
LICENSE
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Copyright Notice
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The METIS package is copyrighted by the Regents of the University of
Minnesota. It can be freely used for educational and research purposes
by non-profit institutions and US government agencies only. Other
organizations are allowed to use METIS only for evaluation purposes,
and any further uses will require prior approval. The software
may not be sold or redistributed without prior approval. One may
make copies of the software for their use provided that the copies,
are not sold or distributed, are used under the same terms and
conditions.

As unestablished research software, this code is provided on an
``as is'' basis without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
implied. The downloading, or executing any part of this software
constitutes an implicit agreement to these terms. These terms and
conditions are subject to change at any time without prior notice.
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Not really a GPL compatible license 

Marco