VTK license OK? (was: VTK anyone?)

Thu Dec 28 17:27:49 UTC 2006

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:28:48AM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 07:38:50PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:23:19AM +0200, Gianluca Sforna wrote:
> > > On 7/12/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> > > >On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:24:19PM +0200, Gianluca Sforna wrote:
> > > >Well, I've already put quite some time into vtk packaging with the
> > > >intend to push it to extras when it's done and I also need it for my
> > > >(current) day job, so I'm interested in continuing maintenance.
> 
> FWIW the packages have been submitted for some time now and have been
> semi-reviewed. Anyone who wants to finish it off:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199405
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199406

I'm trying to get this forward, there are two issues, one involved
patents and is handled separately and the other involves the
license. The VTK license is neither submitted to OSI or FSF for
approving them in one way or another.

There was a recent discussion here whether the wording about "fedora
*clarifies* an open source license with these three groups" means a
strict limit to these three or a hint about what fedora regards as
open source licenses. I can't say anything about the wording, the
important part is the intention and the decision that was made back
then.

Anyway here is the license by VTK. Would it be open source for fedora?
Who would decide on this, fesco?

/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: Copyright.txt,v $

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

 * Neither name of Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, or Bill Lorensen nor the names
   of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission.

 * Modified source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
   misrepresented as being the original software.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
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OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

=========================================================================*/

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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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