[GRASS5] Sgi widgets license

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:05:47PM +0700, Justin Hickey wrote:

> looking in the sgi widget code in Mesa I came across the following in
> the widgets-sgi/README file:
> 
> These files are NOT covered by Mesa's GNU copyright.  The real copyright
> is as follows.

>  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for 
>  * any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the 
>  * above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the
>  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
>  * documentation, 

>  * US Government Users Restricted Rights 
>  * Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to
>  * restrictions set forth in FAR 52.227.19(c)(2) or subparagraph
>  * (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
>  * clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and/or in similar or successor
>  * clauses in the FAR or the DOD or NASA FAR Supplement.

> I know little about licenses, so I was wondering if this license is
> compatible with GPL?

Good question.
I think it comes close, but does not quite make it.
I am not absolutly sure though.

The question is if the additional restrictions actually have an effect.
If they do it is incompatible to the GPL which does not allow
additional restrictions.

We should mail the question to 
	licensing at gnu.org


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