On 28/01/11 14:06, Harish Narayanan wrote: > On 1/28/11 2:47 PM, Harish Narayanan wrote: >> On 1/28/11 1:37 PM, Anders Logg wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:03:15PM +0100, Anders Logg wrote: >>>> I've prepared drafts of the copyright consent forms: >>>> >>>> http://www.fenicsproject.org/pub/copyright/forms/ >>>> >>>> Take a look and let the list know if you have any comments. >>>> If we find that the documents look ok, we can start sending out >>>> requests for signed consent forms. >>> >>> I haven't heard any objections to the design of the consent forms so I >>> assume everyone's onboard. I will start sending out requests for forms >>> shortly. >> >> The documents seem reasonable, except that I have one concern over the >> (broad) scope. What if a contributor is OK with LGPL for some FEniCS >> components, but doesn't see the purpose (or is not happy with, for >> whatever reason) for other components. >> >> I understand the rationale behind LGPL for core components (DOFIN, FFC >> etc.) but not, for e.g., FEniCS Apps. > > I am going to further my query. Probably convoluted, but here it goes: > > What constitutes a FEniCS app? Is it any application written based on > components of the FEniCS project? Is it an application that gets listed > on the FEniCS web site? And if one is going to force the license of the > app, does that not defeat the purpose of LGPL'ing core FEniCS components[1]? >
My take is that an App gets to hang itself under the 'FEniCS App' banner, and a qualifying requirement for that is a GPL/LGPL license. If it's proprietary, it can't be a FEniCS App. Garth > Harish > > [1] Which I am guessing would be to allow for proprietary apps to be > written using an LGPL FEniCS. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
