On 05/07/2009 04:42 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: > Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: >> It does not say that you cannot modify the code, but it never says that >> you _CAN_. Modification is not an automatically granted right under >> copyright, they have to explicitly grant it. >> >> ~spot >> > > But the copyright notice in the code gives it: > > ; Copyright (C) 1999-2000, Craig Markwardt > ; This software is provided as is without any warranty whatsoever. > ; Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute modified or > ; unmodified copies is granted, provided this copyright and disclaimer > ; are included unchanged. Okay, as a combination, I think we've got permission to modify, but there are still use restrictions in the IDL license that make it non-free, specifically: ; 5. Allowed use of this software is limited to reading and writing ; IDL variable related portions of IDL Save files. It may not be ; used as a basis for reverse engineering, or otherwise ; accessing any other portions of an IDL save file, including but ; not limited to, those portions that encode executable IDL programs. ; Such use is in violation of the IDL EULA, and will be prosecuted ; to the fullest extent possible by Research Systems, Inc. It is ; permissible to read such sections of an IDL save file for the ; sole purpose of transferring it without examination or interpretation ; to another save file. ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
