On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 03:18:17PM +0100, Harish Narayanan wrote: > On 1/28/11 3:10 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: > > > > > > 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.
Exactly. (But it has to be LGPL, not GPL.) Everyone is free to make proprietary solvers on top of the LGPL-licensed software, but not as FEniCS Apps. -- Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
