Re: [ng-spice-devel] License issues
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>
> I think its important to note that the license in the COPYING file
> is not the normal BSD license but one of many variations.
Indeed.
>
> Anyway, RMS has now replied. The problem with the current license is that
> it only allows use for "educational, research and non-profit purposes".
> The license does not carry the usual onerous advertising clause.
Actually, that clause can be found at:
http://www.ucop.edu/ott/permissn.html
in the sentence "The following statements should be placed at the beginning
of the software so that it is observable on the computer screen and included
in
any documentation: " (follows the license)
It cannot be found in the COPYING file. It seems to me that Berkeley isn't
always very consistent regarding their licences.
> The ideal situation would be if we could convince them that the
> SPICE3f5 code could be licensed under the modified BSD license
> or the GPL at the choice of the user.
Yep - I don't think it should be too hard - the spice code is fairly old
now....
manu
Partial thread listing:
- Re: [ng-spice-devel] License issues, (continued)
PATCH: Test framework,
Arno W. Peters
Arno's patch,
Paolo Nenzi