[Fedora-legal-list] FreeSurfer/FSL license issues for NeuroFedora

[Tom Callaway]

On 11/04/2015 07:34 PM, Morgan Hough wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> We are packaging neuroimaging research tools for a new SIG. There are
> two packages that are very widely used that we could use some advice on. 
> 
> The first is FreeSurfer - https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/
> which has this license:
> 
> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FreeSurferSoftwareLicense
> 
> The second is FSL - http://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/
> 
> http://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/Licence
> 
> I know that neurodebian packages FSL with the following header:
> 
> This package is autobuildable by the Debian buildd network as it's license
> imposes no restrictions on reproduction, modification, transmission or
> transference as long as there is no financial return (see license below).
> 
> neurodebian also started packaging FreeSurfer but it was never
> completed. To do so I know they removed a few tools that are mentioned
> as falling under a separate license (tkmedit, tksurfer, etc.). I will
> find out more about why they abandoned this effort as their github
> repository for it has been deleted. 

Both licenses are non-free and not permitted in Fedora.

~tom

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