On Monday September 6 2010 11:35:11 Kristian Ølgaard wrote: > On 6 September 2010 15:43, Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > > eA bunch of different licenses are used for various FEniCS components, > > mostly different versions of GPL and LGPL. > > > > I would be practical to clean up among the licenses and maybe even use > > the same license for all components. At least, we should settle on > > either GPL or LGPL v3 or any later version for all components. One > > immediate benefit is that a common license would simplify packaging > > for Debian/Ubuntu since that requires listing all licenses used and > > that involves some work (even for DOLFIN alone!). > > It's not a big deal to me, but I think having just one license for > FEniCS would be great. > The main reason being that I don't have to think too hard when > copy/pasting the author/license info to files :) > That being said, a quick google convinced me to vote for LGPL if we > have to pick one.
+1 Johan > Kristian > > > One implication is the need for changing the DOLFIN license which is > > now LGPL v2.1. > > > > An important point to consider is the potential implication of the GPL > > license used in FFC and UFL, which might force GPL on DOLFIN. > > > > I have added a blueprint: > > > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/fenics/+spec/license > > > > Please comment here and on the blueprint whiteboard. > > > > -- > > Anders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
