Re: [ng-spice] Letter to Berkely CAD Group


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From Reid van Melle <reid@ada-works.com>
Date Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:30:19 -0600
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> We all know that one of the problem with Berkeley's spice is its license.

I agree that the license is a problem.  But it's a problem because people do
not have to supply access to source code when they make changes and then
distribute the modified binary.

> BSD license prevent use from using pieces of spice code into our
> simulator, thus slowing down the entire development process.

This is not the case at all.  In fact, you are free to use pieces of Spice 
code
in your own simulator and change the license to whatever you wish.  This is
exactly what hundred of companies have been doing for years (commercial
licenses) resulting in a plethora of Spice versions in the marketplace.

                                Reid

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