Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
On 05/07/2009 11:06 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> The tricky part is the code that reads and writes IDL save files. IDL
> is proprietary software from (currently) ITT (previously Research
> Systems Inc). There is a LICENSE.RSI file:
>
>
http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/down/LICENSE.RSI
>
> That seems to grant permission to use it.
Yes, but it clearly does not grant permission to modify it. That code is
non-free.
Really, where? The text of the license cannot be modified, but I don't
see where the code cannot (other than to change it to read not data
portions of the save file - is that the trouble?)
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