While the tree.hh website says GPLv2 or GPLv3, the downloaded code says GPLv3. Looking at the history of tree.hh, there are older versions that say v2 or v3, but then at some point he switched to specifying GPLv3 in his code files, a change that makes me uncomfortable with listening to the website.
I dug up old versions of tree.hh from Cadabra . Luckily, it actually has the exact same files as Confab, but with a GPLv2-compliant license. Since the author of Cadabra is the same person as the author of tree.hh, I think these files should be considered cleanly under GPLv2. changeset at https://github.com/cowsandmilk/openbabel/commit/d27bb24dd2efa4304b369f4c3923c0ce43de97bb -David On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Noel O'Boyle <baoille...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's true. One of those things I've never gotten around to. Maybe > this is the spur I need. According to tree.hh's website, it says that > it's now available under GPL v2 also. > > My mistake with Confab was to alter Open Babel rather than write a > separate application that used the library. I didn't feel confident > enough with C++ to do this at that stage. I think that tree.hh and one > or two other files should be moved into a Confab project and the rest > merged with OB. There were a couple of improvements to the torsion > handling (the code in OB ignores currently graph symmetry, e.g. > torsions involving phenyls), and I don't know what else. The key code > that is somewhat specific to Confab is the on-the-fly RMSD filtering. > > - Noel > > On 12 March 2013 01:15, Geoffrey Hutchison <geoff.hutchi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> For some internal purposes, I wanted a combined openbabel/confab code >>> base, so I merged them. >> >> Thanks. Noel (cough, cough) said he'd do this ages ago. :-) Can you remind >> me the differences that went into confab? I seem to remember that Noel >> thought I might have some issues with certain changes and I'd prefer to >> review them before the merge. >> >> I do see one clear issue, with tree.hh, which is covered under the GPL v3. >> Despite the naming, Open Babel (GPv2) is not compatible with GPLv3 code. >> >> If there's a version of tree.hh covered under Boost (as suggested by the >> comments) I think we'd be OK. >> >> Thanks very much, >> -Geoff >> >>> Additionally, if you want openbabel-2.3.2 with confab, I put that version >>> here: >>> http://cowsandmilk.net/pub/openbabel-2.3.2_with_confab.tar.bz2 >>> >>> -David >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester >>> Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the >>> endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to >>> tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenBabel-discuss mailing list >>> OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester >> Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the >> endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to >> tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenBabel-discuss mailing list >> OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss
