Re: [ng-spice-devel] proposal for the letter development
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> The problem we have is with the current Spice3f5 license. Although this
> license has allowed many companies to release their own proprietary
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> simulators, it is too restrictive to allow it to be used with other
> free software. The problem is that it only allows use for "educational,
> research and non-profit purposes" thereby restricting commercial use.
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This isn't consistent - - I believe that the core of the spice simulator
was used by commercial vendors with the explicit permission of Berkeley
(or perhaps they changed the license more recently). This might need to
be investigated.
The rest of the post looks very good - congrats!
manu
Partial thread listing:
- Re: [ng-spice-devel] proposal for the letter development, (continued)
- Francesco Doni