[AstroPy] SOFA license letter (draft)
Jonathan T. Niehof
jniehof at lanl.gov
Thu Apr 18 16:37:02 EDT 2013
On 04/18/2013 02:26 PM, Thomas Robitaille wrote:
> "You shall not cause the SOFA software to be brought into disrepute,
> either by misuse, or use for inappropriate tasks, or by inappropriate
> modification."
Reminds me of the "software shall be used for good" problem:
http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
Being cute in license agreements usually causes headaches.
I agree that petitioning from the community is a good idea. It may be
worth including the track record of existing licenses. As
very-much-not-a-lawyer, boilerplate contracts with history make me
happier. Thanks for the draft, Tom.
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Jonathan Niehof
ISR-3 Space Data Systems
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS-D466
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: 505-667-9595
email: jniehof at lanl.gov
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