paul_c wrote: > On Saturday 22 November 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > >> Aren't the licenses right in EACH code file? >> > > Most, yes. But nowhere is there a list of which licences are involved or to > which binaries they apply. Not a problem for a user (generally), but if > anyone > is redistributing this stuff, it should be - Without knowing what licences > are used, how is anyone able to meet the Terms & Conditions ?? > > Good point! Are you volunteering to write an overview of the license environment of EMC2? > As has already been pointed out, there is one file (as an example) claiming > to > be GPL2, pluto_step_rbf.h - In it's self, an autogenerated file from > pluto_step.rbf - The HDL sources are labelled as "GPL ver 2 or later".. > Now, if Epler can provide the tools to generate the intermediate rbf file > then > the GPL T&C can be satisfied. > > > >> I'm sure there are some files that are missing proper license declarations. >> > > You are probably correct which is why I recommended Les does an audit of > any/all sources he wishes to use and/or distribute. > In lieu of a truly comprehensive list of license status for every file, it is up to each person who has some commercial interest to understand the license environment and how it affects what he is doing. You are quite right. Bit, I think it is quite possibel to have a sophisticated software interface between licensed software and EMC2 without any entanglements, by using the right interface(s) into EMC2, at least for the kind of situation Les was interested in.
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