Licensing/Rice BSD License

Fedora Notes
This license is free but GPL-incompatible. It was originally found at: http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/RiceBSD.doc but that URL is gone. A copy of the latest available version at archive.org has been preserved here for reference. It has been converted from its original format in Microsoft Office .DOC to plaintext.

License Text
Rice BSD Software License Permits source and binary redistribution of the software ARPACK and P_ARPACK for both non-commercial and commercial use.

Copyright (©) 2001, Rice University Developed by D.C. Sorensen, R.B. Lehoucq, C. Yang, and K. Maschhoff. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. If you modify the source for these routines we ask that you change the name of the routine and comment the changes made to the original. Written notification is provided to the developers of intent to use this software. Also, we ask that use of ARPACK is properly cited in any resulting publications or software documentation. Neither the name of Rice University (RICE) nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY RICE AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL RICE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.