Re: Gnuplot concerns

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Ray, William N wrote:
> We currently use the Gnuplot package and we are quite pleased with it,
> but our legal council has recommended that we discontinue its use.  

Congratulations --- you may be the first company ever to try and 
investigate this deeply into the matter.

> 1.	We need to have no more than 1 license covering files in any one
> directory.  We have been advised against using software with mismatched
> licensing.

And what made you think there's more than license, let alone a mismatch 
of licenses involved here?

What a directory should have to do with such a legalese issue is 
completely beyond me.

> 2.	There are several files without any licensing information.
[...]
> 3.	There are several files without any copyright.

Those are, ultimately, impossible requirements.  Among the files you 
listed, there are quite a lot that are generated by other tools we don't 
control, and some that simply cannot hold a license or copyright 
statement (graphics, e.g.).

(I hope this one makes it through --- I already had one bounce off the 
e-mail address you used).