license advice needed



--- Martin RUBEY <rubey@labri.fr> wrote:
> Sorry to open another can of worms, fortunately I can announce that
> I've already closed it: He is working for a company that provides
> "PC-based military tactical trainers". So it's out of the question 
> (for me).
> 
> Thank you very much anyway,
> Martin

Phew :-).  Stuffing worms back in can.
 
> (ah yes, btw, you wouldn't want to help me with my graph stuff?)

Unfortunately, I have neither the time or skills myself :-(.  If I can
get pigale working again (didn't like the last qt upgrade apparently)
I'll be glad to test, but I'm afraid it's a little out of my depth. 

> PS: curiously, I was just thinking about adding the following notice
> to the GPL (which is probably not really possible under the GPL, do 
> you know about this?) a week ago, when I tried to understand Brendan 
> McKay's nauty:
> 
> Copyright (1994-2002) Brendan McKay. All rights reserved. Educational
> organizations may use this product for purposes of research. All
> other use requires the permission of the author. Use for weapons 
> development or other primarily military purpose is expressly 
> forbidden. This software is subject to this copyright only, 
> irrespective of any copyright attached to a larger work of which this

> is a part.

Very definitely not GPL compatible.  GPL places no restrictions on
usage, or distinction between educational vs. commercial users.

> Unfortunately, I've spent 3 hours reading license stuff before I went
> to his web page...

Kinda makes ones head spin, doesn't it?

CY

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