Mon 05 Sep 2011 03:39:54 PM UTC, original submission:
In avogadro_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz I found some questionable things in the files testfiles/methane.nwo, methanol.nwo and methane.g03.
In methane.nwo and methanol.nwo it says that the creation was sponsored by the U.S. Government. As I understand it, work from the U.S. government is always in the public domain but in this case it looks like they used a third party and they can hold copyright on it and it looks like it's licensed only for the internal use of the U.S. government?
The file methane.g03 is slightly different. It looks like it was copied out of something else with comments like:
> This software is provided under written license and may be
> used, copied, transmitted, or stored only in accord with that
> written license.
and
> Warning -- This program may not be used in any manner that
> competes with the business of Gaussian, Inc. or will provide
> assistance to any competitor of Gaussian, Inc. The licensee
> of this program is prohibited from giving any competitor of
> Gaussian, Inc. access to this program. By using this program,
> the user acknowledges that Gaussian, Inc. is engaged in the
> business of creating and licensing software in the field of
> computational chemistry and represents and warrants to the
> licensee that it is not a competitor of Gaussian, Inc. and that
> it will not use this program in any manner prohibited above.
From methane.nwo and methanol.nwo
COPYRIGHT (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Battelle Memorial Institute.
>>> All Rights Reserved <<<
DISCLAIMER
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This material was prepared as an account of work sponsored
by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the
United States Government nor the United States Department
of Energy, nor Battelle, nor any of their employees, MAKES
ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUMES ANY LEGAL
LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS,
OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS, PRODUCT,
SOFTWARE, OR PROCESS DISCLOSED, OR REPRESENTS THAT ITS USE
WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHTS.
LIMITED USE
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This software (including any documentation) is being made
available to you for your internal use only, solely for use
in performance of work directly for the U.S. Federal
Government or work under contracts with the U.S. Department
of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government agencies. This
software is a version which has not yet been evaluated and
cleared for commercialization. Adherence to this notice
may be necessary for the author, Battelle Memorial
Institute, to successfully assert copyright in and
commercialize this software. This software is not intended
for duplication or distribution to third parties without
the permission of the Manager of Software Products at
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland,
Washington, 99352.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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This software and its documentation were produced with
Government support under Contract Number DE-AC05-76RL01830
awarded by the United States Department of Energy. The
Government retains a paid-up non-exclusive, irrevocable
worldwide license to reproduce, prepare derivative works,
perform publicly and display publicly by or for the
Government, including the right to distribute to other
Government contractors.
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