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Licensing Issues

A table of the licensing information for the freesurfer 3rd-party libraries, gathered from the Fink website, which is where source for each package originates (except the MNI tools), is here:

Package	License
Qt	QPL, now LGPL
GSL	GPL
tiff	BSD
jpeg	OSI-Approved
Tcl/Tk	BSD
Tix	OSI-Approved
BLT	BSD
GLut	Restrictive/Distributable
freeglut	OSI-Approved
MNI	see FREESURFER_HOME/docs/license.minc

References:

Why we should be using BSD
Choosing a License and Applying It
Fink Packaging Policy
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Licensing
Navigating Open Source Licensing
Open Source Licensing by Lawrence Rosen
GPL or LGPL
Software Licensing, Treating Patients, and NA-MIC, Steve Pieper, PhD
Qt QPL vs. GPL license
GSL is Free Software
The gpl-violations.org project
Comparison chart

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