[Fedora-legal-list] Licence clarification: MTL4

[Ankur Sinha]

Hi folks,

Could someone please go over this license and check if it's compatible
with fedora. If yes, what should I write in the license field? (The
website lists this software as the "open source edition".)

URL: http://www.simunova.com/mtl4

License text:

> Software License for MTL
> 
> Copyright (c) 2007 The Trustees of Indiana University. 
>               2008 Dresden University of Technology and the Trustees of Indiana University.
>               2010 SimuNova UG (haftungsbeschränkt), www.simunova.com. 
> All rights reserved.
> Authors: Peter Gottschling and Andrew Lumsdaine
> 
> This file is part of the Matrix Template Library
> 
> Dresden University of Technology -- short TUD -- and Indiana University -- short IU --
> have the exclusive rights to license this product under the following license.
> 
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted 
> provided that the following conditions are met:
> 	1.  	All redistributions of source code must retain the above  copyright notice, 
> 		the list of authors in the original source code,  this list of conditions and 
> 		the disclaimer listed in this license;
> 	2.  	All redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above  copyright notice, 
> 		this list of conditions and the disclaimer listed  in this license in the 
> 		documentation and/or other materials  provided with the distribution;
> 	3.  	Any documentation included with all redistributions must include  the 
> 		following acknowledgement:
> 		"This product includes software developed at the University of Notre Dame,  
> 		 the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University, and Dresden University of
> 		 Technology. For technical information  
> 		 contact Andrew Lumsdaine at the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University. 
> 		 For administrative and license questions contact the  Advanced Research and 
> 		 Technology Institute at 1100 Waterway  Blvd. Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, 
> 		 phone 317-274-5905, fax  317-274-5902."
>  		Alternatively, this acknowledgement may appear in the software itself, and 
> 		wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
> 	4.  	The name "MTL" shall not be used to endorse or promote  products derived from 
> 		this software without prior written  permission from IU or TUD. For 
> 		written permission, please  contact Indiana University Advanced Research 
> 		& Technology  Institute.
> 	5.  	Products derived from this software may not be called "MTL", nor may "MTL" 
> 		appear in their name, without  prior written permission of Indiana University 
> 		Advanced Research & Technology Institute.
> 
> TUD and IU provide no reassurances that the source code provided does not infringe the 
> patent or any other intellectual property rights of any other entity. TUD and IU disclaim 
> any liability to any recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of 
> intellectual property rights or otherwise. 
> 
> LICENSEE UNDERSTANDS THAT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" FOR WHICH NO WARRANTIES AS TO CAPABILITIES 
> OR ACCURACY ARE MADE. DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY GIVE NO WARRANTIES 
> AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT SOFTWARE IS FREE OF INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, 
> OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.  DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAKE NO 
> WARRANTIES THAT SOFTWARE IS FREE FROM "BUGS", "VIRUSES", "TROJAN HORSES", "TRAP DOORS", "WORMS",
> OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE. LICENSEE ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SOFTWARE AND/OR 
> ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, AND TO THE PERFORMANCE AND VALIDITY OF INFORMATION GENERATED USING SOFTWARE.

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Thanks, 
Warm regards,
Ankur: "FranciscoD"

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