Re: [ng-spice-devel] Licensing


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From Al Davis <aldavis@ieee.org>
Date Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:07:51 -0700
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Al Davis wrote:
> Since Spice is BSD license, yes, he can.  He doesn't even need your
> permission.  Under GPL, he would need your permission to do so.  So
> can Avant!, Cadence, Electronic Workbench, and anyone else.

Let me reword this.  It could be interpreted to mean something other 
that what I intended.


Since Spice is BSD license, yes, he can.  He doesn't even need your
permission.  So can Avant!, Cadence, Electronic Workbench, and anyone 
else.  Under "old" BSD license, they need to give credit, visibly to 
a user.  Under "new" BSD license, they can hide the credit deep 
inside.

Under GPL, he would need your permission to do so.  This gives the 
copyright owner control of commercial derivative works, while 
allowing unlimited Free derivative works.

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