9/2005, 11/2006, 9/2013

                    wgrib2's copyrights and licences

wgrib2 is comprised of components of varying copyrights and licences.


                               Libraries

gctpc(geolocation): public domain, USGS
g2clib(grib): public domain, NCEP/NOAA
iplib(interpolation): public domain, NCEP/NOAA
jasper(jpeg): IMAGE POWER JPEG-2000 PUBLIC LICENSE
HDF: HDF license
libpng: libpng license
mysql: used if mysql is installed, see mysql code (not supplied)
netcdf: netcdf license
PROJ.4(geolocation): MIT style licence
zlib(compression): zlib license

All the above libraries are optional but functionality will vary.


                  wgrib2 *.c *.h *.sh and documentation


The components of wgrib2 are either in the public domain or covered by
the GNU General Public License depending on the files in question. No 
other licence will be accepted into this archive of wgrib2 modules. 
(Already have too many licences for the libraries.) Distribution of wgrib2 
needs to be compatible with all applicatable licences.


                         Contributing to wgrib2


Contributions of new files can either be public domain or GNU GPL.
If you modify an existing file, please state that your contribution
is of the same (gnu or public domain) as the original file.  Otherwise
it gets messy.