[GRASS5] Digging for license problems

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 11:37:18PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> thank you for searching the code for license problems.
> We already had a discussion and it's time to go ahead
> for further changes!

Yeah, we have to ask all the authors first.

> Those not involved into the discussion december 1999 can
> peek at src.nonGPL/list_of_nonGPL_modules.txt 

> Concering "Numerical Receipes in C": There was an exclusive
> grant to CERL for GRASS, as far as I know (it is cited somewhere
> in the code). So we might be allowed to use it under GPL
> as well 
No, I do not think so.
(This is why I have put it under the "not much hope section".)

> A better suggestion for numerical algorithm
> is, as they are widely needed in GRASS:
>  - build in a GPL package
>  - probably like a "plugin" library

There are several implementations of these well known algorithms.
We should just take another implementation.

A math library is alway a good idea.
Maybe GRASS can adopt one.


> > And now the ones which look like we do not have a big chance here,
> > I suggest moving them into non.GPL until we can get an answer:
> > 
> > 
> > 	Numerical Recipes:
> > 
> > grass/src.contrib/CERL/sites/s.surf.krig/NR.c
> > /*-
> > NUMERICAL RECIPES ROUTINES BELOW
> > ludcmp routine - finds inverse of matrix A
> > /*-lubksb routine - multiplies inverse of matrix A (from lucmp) by matrix b
> > *                   and returns matrix x (weights) in "b".
> > 
> > 
> > 	Ferdinando Villa
> > 	Institute of Ecology, University of Parma
> > 	Viale delle Scienze, 43100 Parma, Italy
> > 	email: villa at eagle.bio.unipr.it
> > 
> > The software in ./lib has been developed under commercial contract. I have
> > obtained permission to distribute it provided that:
> > 
> > 	1) it is only used within the GRASS package I am distributed;
> > 	2) it is only used for non-profit purposes.
> > grass/src.contrib/OTHER/r.concordance
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 	Ennio Pozzetti
> > grass/src.garden/grass.oracle2/d.ora.rast/cmd/idc.c
> > /* Copyright (C) 1994-1999 NSA srl - Ennio Pozzetti (pozzetti@@nsa.it)
> >  * All rights reserved.
> >  *
> >  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> >  * modification, are not permitted without the Author written permission.
> >  * 
> >  * This library is free for non-commercial use as long as
> >  * the following conditions are aheared to.  The following conditions
> >   * The licence and distribution terms for any available version or
> > 
> >  * derivative of this code cannot be changed.  i.e. this code cannot simply be
> >  * copied and put under another distribution licence
> >  * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
> > 
> > 
> > Anybody want to contact somebody from the list?
> > 	Bernhard
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