This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the NASA's CLIPS expert system. This package was put together by me, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peņa , from the NASA sources, which I obtained from http://www.ghgcorp.com/clips/download/source/ and http://www.ghgcorp.com/clips/executables/examples CLIPS is, as stated in its FAQ (www.ghgcorp.com/clips/CLIPS-FAQ) freely distributable: " (...) 4) CAN CLIPS BE REDISTRIBUTED? ARE THERE ANY LICENSING FEES? ------------------------------------------------------------- Copies of CLIPS executables, documentation, and source code downloaded from http://www.ghg.net/clips/download/ can be freely used, modified and redistributed without restrictions. (...) "