[GRASS-user] Questions about GRASS license and other more restrictive licenses

[Maris Nartiss]

Sorry for interupting but does GPL applays also to (not linked) shell
scripts? If they don't use any GPLed parts in them and only call GRASS
modules, then IMHO they can ship non-GPL scripts with GPL software.
Requirement to provide GPLed part source on request still applays.

Not an expert,
Maris.

2009/10/14, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com>:
> are you distributing GRASS? do you combine your scripts with GRASS and
> ship it as a single product? if so, the GPL applies and you have a choice
> of either distributing the entire package using GPL and GPL-compatible
> licenses, or not ship GRASS with it.
>
> what is the nature of the informatic platform?
>
> the license below is clearly not GPL-compatible.
>
> Your scripts are by you, and so you own the copyright and can use,
> license & distribute those however you like; but as you do not hold
> copyright over the GRASS software you must respect the terms it
> comes with if you wish to distribute a bundled-GRASS to others.
>
> If you do not distribute GRASS (in whole or in part), then its license
> is irrelevant.
>
>
> regards,
> Hamish
>
>
> rabotin wrote:
>> I've got a question concerning the license of GRASS.
>> I'm working for a public french research center (INRA :
>> French National Institute for Agricultural Research) ; we
>> have developped a series of scripts in shell and perl
>> languages for GRASS.
>> These procedures are made for an informatic platform which
>> is able to download under a license more restrictive than
>> GPL license .
>> And these procedures for GRASS will be accessible for
>> download under this license too.
>> So my question is : is this kind of license (a license more
>> restrictive than GPL license) compatible with developing
>> shell scripts for GRASS (as GRASS license is GPL license) or
>> not ?
>> Thanks for any informations you can provide
>>
>> Here you can read the following lines in the license
>> provided with the informatic platform (and this license will
>> be the same for these GRASS scripts) :
>>
>> 2) License of the software
>> ==========================
>> a) INRA grants to You by this agreement a non-exclusive,
>> world-wide and
>> royalty-free license to use the software to the end
>> described hereunder
>> in the domain of the license, as long as You will comply
>> with the terms and conditions of this agreement.
>> b) You are authorised to download, install, execute the
>> software on your
>> computer within the limit of one license for one computer
>> (one hard disk).
>> c) Except specific and written agreement of INRA, You are
>> not allowed to download, install or execute the software on a server.
>> d) You are not authorised to rent, sell, sublease,
>> distribute, assign,
>> transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise share the
>> software or one of INRA’s rights on the software.
>> e) You are authorised to make a back-up copy of the
>> software provided
>> You will not use it on any else computer. You are
>> responsible of the
>> physical security of this copy and of the software.
>> f) You may personalize the set up of the software or extend its
>> functions. As well, You may translate, adapt, fix, modify
>> the software
>> when theses acts are necessary for the use of the software
>> in accordance with this agreement.
>> g) INRA reserves the right to correct errors and to determine the
>> specific forms to which the following acts will be submitted:
>> The copy of the source code of the software or the
>> translation of this
>> code are allowed when they are essential for the good
>> working order of
>> the software with other softwares and when they are
>> essential for the
>> use of the software in the domain of the license.
>> Furthermore, You are not authorized to reverse engineer,
>> disassemble or decompile the software.
>> Necessary information for good working order with other
>> softwares is
>> available by INRA, without implying as regard to INRA any
>> undertaking
>> to supply any assistance or services associated with the
>> software.
>> h) You are not authorised to extract (that is transfer
>> permanently or
>> temporarily) whole or a part of the content of the software
>> (data) onto
>> an other medium, by any mean and in any form. Moreover, you
>> are neither
>> authorised to re-use (that is to put at the public’s
>> disposal) whole or
>> a part of the content of the software (data) whatever the
>> form may be.
>> i) Your are allowed to produce supplementary modules for
>> the software,
>> to improve or adapt the software provided however that the
>> use of these
>> modules, supplementary versions, improvements, additions or
>> upgrades
>> will be used in accordance with this agreement and strictly
>> in the
>> domain of the licence.
>> In particular, You undertake to communicate these
>> improvements or
>> modules to INRA and to allow INRA to use them for its own
>> research
>> purposes.
>> If the improvements or modules are dependant upon the
>> software
>> (according to code de la propriété intellectuelle), You
>> may not disclose
>> or transfer them to third parties without the prior and
>> written consent
>> of INRA on the forms of this distribution.
>> If the improvement or modules are not dependant upon the
>> software
>> (according to code de la propriété intellectuelle), You
>> may disclose
>> and transfer them to third parties, provided You indemnify
>> and hold
>> harmless INRA with respect to any suit, claim or proceeding
>> brought by a third party.
>>
>> Michael Rabotin
>>
>> -- *********************************
>>
>> Michaël Rabotin
>> Ingénieur d'étude en géomatique
>>
>> Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol, Agrosystème et
>> Hydrosystème
>> UMR LISAH SupAgro-INRA-IRD
>> Bat. 24
>> 2 place Viala
>> 34060 Montpellier cedex 1 FRANCE
>>
>> Téléphone :  33 (0)4 99 61 23 85
>> Secrétariat : 33 (0)4 99 61 22 61
>> Fax : 33 (0)4 67 63 26 14
>> E-mail : rabotin at supagro.inra.fr
>>
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