VTK license OK?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 06:42:55PM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:27:49 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote
>>
>>> Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen 
>>> All rights reserved.
>> [...]
>>
>> That's BSD, isn't it?
> 
> Almost, I wish it would fint the BSD templates to not even have to
> ask. But at the very least this part is not found in any BSD licenses
> AFAIK:
> 
>  * Modified source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
>    misrepresented as being the original software.
> 
> I don't know if that makes that non-open or non-free, but it misses
> the OSI templates ... :(

This clearly is compatible with Free software licenses including the 
GPL. If you need confirmation drop a mail to licensing AT gnu.org

Rahul