The 10 000 EUR part was a bit worrying, especially as worded in Debian repository version :) Thanks for reply and for creating this amazing software, I'll definitely cite it in my phd thesis and articles.
Dnia 2015-06-25 21:53 Ole Tange napisał(a): >On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Karol Suprynowicz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've created Digital Image Correlation software package that I intend to >> distribute on open-source license (probably also GPL v3), and I'd like to >> use GNU Parallel for some parallel data processing - it's very useful tool. >> In such case clear licensing terms are very important - I don't want to open >> myself or someone else to the possibility of ligitation. >> What is the current license for GNU Parallel? Is it compatibile with GPL v3? > >The current licence is GPL v3, so you are fine. In later versions it >has been made clear that it is academic tradition that requires you to >cite, when publishing articles. > >You might also find it interesting that if you do not change GNU >Parallel, but simply distribute it unmodified next to your program, >your program does not have to licensed under a GPL v3 compatible >license - even if it calls GNU Parallel. You program does not become a >derived work of GNU Parallel simply by calling it. > > >/Ole >
