[GRASS5] Licence problem? SCS

[Thomas Adams]

Thierry,

The SCS (Soil Conservation Service), which is now called the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, is part of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture. By law, all U.S. Government software is in the public 
domain. Consequently, it is safe to use.

Tom

Thierry Laronde wrote:

>The programs like v.rmedge, v.extract and some others authored by
>R. L. Glenn from SCS where in src.contrib.
>
>I haven't found a licence for them, so strictly speaking since this 
>was not released as a core component of the public domain GRASS there 
>may be some problems.
>
>Is there some information around? The fact that SCS is a governemental
>organization (right?) is not enough.
>  
>

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