open source license questions

[Ian Zimmerman]

Aaron> However, both pieces appear to be unlicensed in any formal
Aaron> way. One piece has a note which gives credit to the author and
Aaron> the note: "Keep this notice intact for use". The other piece does
Aaron> the same thing.

Aaron> Does that mean these pieces of code are in the public domain? 

I am pretty sure that's not so, but IANAL.

If you can't get the authors to issue a real license, you'll have to
reimplement the modules yourself.  How hard is that?

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