I'm not sure I trust the FSF on this; it has a history of exaggerating the restrictiveness of the GPL. If we want this library, we should consult a lawyer to be sure.
This site from 2008, http://www.opensourcelegal.org/?page_id=532 , apparently thinks MS-pl is compatible with GPL v3, which I believe would cover our code (since we have the "or any later versions" GPL clause). However, that was written in 2008, and the link to the FSF's website is dead; not what I would call a reliable source. Joe On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Davis Sorenson <davis.soren...@gmail.com>wrote: > According to Wikipedia: ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_source#Microsoft_Public_License_.28Ms-PL.29 > ) > "According to the Free Software Foundation, it is a free software license > but not compatible with the GNU GPL." [1] > > So of all the MS "shared-source" licenses it's the least bad, but still GPL > incompatible. It looks very cool, apparently it's what Pixar uses in > production so I imagine it is quite good. :) I noticed this quote from them > on the project site: > "Feel free to use it and let us know what you think through the github > site." [2] > Maybe it would be worth a try to contact them and ask them about using a > different license? > > [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ms-pl > [2] http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv > > Davis > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:48 AM, rsaave...@ono.com <rsaave...@ono.com> > wrote: > > > Hi!, > > I have just seen that pixar has released a parallel subdivision > > lib as "open" software and I was wondering if it would be interesting > > to use it in blender. > > > > http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv > > > > It is > > released under Microsoft Public License, I haven't read the clausules > > of that license and if it is compatible with GPL, I can guess that it > > is not, but if somebody can ilustrate us ... > > > > -- > > Rafael Rios > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers