Re: [ng-spice] Export Regulations


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From Manu Rouat <emmanuel.rouat@wanadoo.fr>
Date Wed, 02 Feb 2000 18:52:30 -0500
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Francesco Doni wrote:
> 
> >
> >No - AFAIK there are no problems with that regarding the spice program.
> >The main incompatibility between this licence and the GPL is clause b)
> >(and apparently also clause a which isn't a usual clause in Berkeley
> >software, but I could be wrong)
> >
> 
> I'm not really concerned on the new license stile problem
> because my opinion is that there is no real interest in keeping
> old release under the previous license policy.
> Of course I could be wrong.


Yes you are: the oold style licence prevents us from relinecnsing
the code under the GPL. The new style license (apparently) doesn't.

> 
> I'm actually worried about clause (c) because as the software
> (and models first of all) is freely distributed in any case we can't
> assure what the following official statement requires
[snip text]

I think this is covered by clause 8 from the GPL:

  8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License.


We just need to add the adequate text and we are covered.


manu

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