9/2005, 11/2006

                    wgrib2's copyrights and licences

wgrib2 is comprised of components of varying copyrights and licences.


                               Libraries

jasper(jpeg): IMAGE POWER JPEG-2000 PUBLIC LICENSE
g2clib(grib): public domain
zlib(compression): zlib license
libpng: libpng license
netcdf: netcdf license

			    Optional libraries:

HDF: used if netcdf4 is installed, HDF license
mysql: used if mysql is installed, see mysql code (not supplied)


                  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 the same (gnu or public domain) as the original file.  Otherwise
it gets messy.  
