[Savannah-hackers] Re: confusing license

[Mathieu Roy]

Vincent Caron <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> Mathieu Roy wrote:
>> /* nfa - NFA construction routines */ /* Construct a state-labelled
>> epsilon nfa for a regular expression. * Then read input and output a
>> word from the language defined * by the nfa that is as close as
>> possible to the input. */ /* * Copyright (c) 1987, the University of
>> California * * The United States Government has rights in this work
>> pursuant to * contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States
>> Department of * Energy and the University of California. * * This
>> program may be redistributed. Enhancements and derivative works * may
>> be created provided the new works, if made available to the general *
>> public, are made available for use by anyone. */ /* Changes copyright
>> (c) 1991, Alan Wendt. This work is hereby made * available to the
>> general public, for use by anyone. */
>> It looks free software, but I'm not totally sure that it is clear
>> enough to avoid any troubles.
>
> I'm trying it as an exercice, serious advice still needed !
>
>    0. no restriction on usage : looks OK
>    1. freedom to study and modify : looks OK

I'm not sure of the meaning of "made available for use by
anyone". What means "use" in this case (run? modify the code?)? 


>    2. can redistribute copies : explicit, OK 3. can redistribute
> modifs : explicit, with a non-restrictive condition (seeks to
> preserve freedom 0), OK
>
> I don't understand what the US government claims here, copyright ?

Look so.

It seems to be free software. But I do not like approving a project
with doubts.





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