Licensing Issues
A table of the licensing information for the freesurfer 3rd-party libraries, gathered from the [http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/policy.php#licenses Fink website], which is where source for each package (except the MNI tools) is here:
Package |
License |
Qt |
|
tiff |
BSD |
jpeg |
OSI-Approved |
Tcl/Tk |
BSD |
Tix |
OSI-Approved |
BLT |
BSD |
GLut |
Restrictive/Distributable |
freeglut |
OSI-Approved |
MNI |
see [/autofs/space/minerva_001/users/nicks/freesurfer/docs/license.minc FREESURFER_HOME/docs/license.minc] |
References:
[http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/policy.php#licenses Fink Packaging Policy]
[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ Open Source Initiative (OSI) Licensing]
[http://www.sitepoint.com/article/open-source-licensing Navigating Open Source Licensing]
[http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm Open Source Licensing by Lawrence Rosen]
[http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gsl-discuss/2000/msg00076.html GPL or LGPL]
[http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/images/a/ae/NA-MIC-2005-10-30-Licencing.ppt Software Licensing, Treating Patients, and NA-MIC, Steve Pieper, PhD]