SOFA software license

[Sergio Pascual]

Hello, I'm interested in packaging a library called SOFA, created by the
IAU (International Astronomy Union). Sadly, they have created their license
for the software, described here:

http://www.iausofa.org/tandc.html

I would like to know if this license is valid for Fedora


Regards, Sergio

-- 
Sergio Pascual     http://guaix.fis.ucm.es/~spr    [phone]

Departamento de Astrofísica -- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

[Tom Callaway]

On 11/12/2012 10:38 AM, Sergio Pascual wrote:
>  Hello, I'm interested in packaging a library called SOFA, created
> by the
>  IAU (International Astronomy Union). Sadly, they have created their
>  license for the software, described here:
>  
>  http://www.iausofa.org/tandc.html
>  
>  I would like to know if this license is valid for Fedora 
It is not, this license is non-free because of clause 3c.

Sorry,

~tom

==
Fedora Project

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "TC" == Tom Callaway
> <tcallawa(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: 
TC> It is not, this license is non-free because of clause 3c.

My curiosity requires that I ask if clause 4 is field of use
restriction:

4. You shall not cause the SOFA software to be brought into disrepute,
   either by misuse, or use for inappropriate tasks, or by inappropriate
   modification.

I wonder who determines what is inappropriate.  And what whoever came up
with this was thinking.

 - J<

[Richard Fontana]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 06:03:16PM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>  >>>>> "TC" == Tom Callaway
> <tcallawa(a)redhat.com&gt; writes:
>  
>  TC> It is not, this license is non-free because of clause 3c.
>  
>  My curiosity requires that I ask if clause 4 is field of use
>  restriction:
>  
>  4. You shall not cause the SOFA software to be brought into disrepute,
>     either by misuse, or use for inappropriate tasks, or by inappropriate
>     modification. 
Oh, I think spot and I both didn't even get to that part. Certainly,
that's an even bigger problem.

 - RF