Research Software License Agreement

[Shakthi Kannan]

Hi,

What type of license does this research license fall under?

  http://embedded.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/downloads/software.agree.html

=== B3TERMS_OF_USE ===

The terms under which the software is provided  are as the following.

Software is distributed as is, completely without warranty or service
support. The University of California and its employees are not liable
for the condition or performance of the software.

The University owns the copyright but shall not be liable for any
infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights brought by third
parties against the users of the software.

The University of California hereby disclaims all implied warranties.

The University of California grants the users the right to modify, copy,
and redistribute the software and documentation, both within the user's
organization and externally, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The users agree not to charge for the University of California code
   itself but may charge for additions, extensions, or support.

2. In any product based on the software, the users agree to acknowledge
   the UC Berkeley BSIM Research Group that developed the software. This
   acknowledgment shall appear in the product documentation.

3. The users agree to obey all U.S. Government restrictions governing
   redistribution or export of the software.

4. The users agree to reproduce any copyright notice which appears on
   the software on any copy or modification of such made available

=== END ===

Is it acceptable for Fedora?

SK

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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com

[David Nalley]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  1. The users agree not to charge for the University of California
> code
>    itself but may charge for additions, extensions, or support. 

This strikes me as non-free.

[Richard Fontana]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:05:25PM -0500, David Nalley wrote:
>  On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Shakthi Kannan
> <shakthimaan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  > 1. The users agree not to charge for the University of California code
>  >   itself but may charge for additions, extensions, or support.
>  
>  
>  This strikes me as non-free. 
Agreed, should be treated as nonfree. Reminiscent of SunRPC, though
more ambiguous.

- RF