(showing my ignorance) Is this copyright considered okay?



I'm trying to modify audiofile so it will work on systems that don't have
the bit-width types (int8_t et alia) in <sys/types.h>.  This involved taking
some chunks from another package and wedging them into audiofile.

Now the problem --- there's a program that determines the appropriate native
types to use for various bit types and writes out the header file.  But this
program has a BSD/X11-ish copyright on it:

 * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
 * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
 * All rights reserved. 
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 
 * are met: 
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
 *
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
 *
 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 
 *    must display the following acknowledgement: 
 *      This product includes software developed by Kungliga Tekniska 
 *      Högskolan and its contributors. 
 *
 * 4. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors 
 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 
 *    without specific prior written permission. 
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 
 * SUCH DAMAGE. 

Am I safe to include this program, or would it be considered in conflict with
the GPL?  (Note that this program is not installed, but its output *is*.)

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