[Fedora-legal-list] DSDP license

Jerry James loganjerry at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 20:00:48 UTC 2011


DSDP (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/hs/software/DSDP/) has the following
license.  It appears to me to be substantially similar to an MIT
license, but IANAL.  What should I call this?

COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION

(C) COPYRIGHT 2004 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

This program discloses material protectable under copyright laws of
the United States.
Permission to copy and modify this software and its documentation is
hereby granted, provided that this notice is retained thereon and on
all copies or
modifications. The University of Chicago makes no representations as
to the suitability
and operability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as
is"; without
express or implied warranty. Permission is hereby granted to use,
reproduce, prepare
derivative works, and to redistribute to others, so long as this
original copyright notice
is retained.  Any publication resulting from research that made use of
this software
should cite this document.

    This software was authored by:

    Steven J. Benson
    Mathematics and Computer Science Division
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Argonne IL 60439

    Yinyu Ye
    Department of Management Science and Engineering
    Stanford University
    Stanford, CA U.S.A

    Any questions or comments on the software may be directed to
    benson at mcs.anl.gov or yinyu-ye at stanford.edu



    Argonne National Laboratory with facilities in the states of
Illinois and Idaho, is
    owned by The United States Government, and operated by the
University of Chicago under
    provision of a contract with the Department of Energy.

                                    DISCLAIMER
    THIS PROGRAM WAS PREPARED AS AN ACCOUNT OF WORK SPONSORED BY AN
AGENCY OF THE UNITED
    STATES GOVERNMENT. NEITHER THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NOR ANY
AGENCY THEREOF, NOR THE
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS,
MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS
    OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUMES ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ACCURACY,
    COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS,
PRODUCT, OR PROCESS DISCLOSED,
    OR REPRESENTS THAT ITS USE WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED
RIGHTS. REFERENCE HEREIN TO
    ANY SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, PROCESS, OR SERVICE BY TRADE
NAME, TRADEMARK,
    MANUFACTURER, OR OTHERWISE, DOES NOT NECESSARILY CONSTITUTE OR
IMPLY ITS ENDORSEMENT,
    RECOMMENDATION, OR FAVORING BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR ANY
AGENCY THEREOF. THE
    VIEW AND OPINIONS OF AUTHORS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY
STATE OR REFLECT THOSE OF
    THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.


Thank you,
-- 
Jerry James
http://www.jamezone.org/



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