On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > It should be done as a --download-tetgen > > I don't want that --with-gnu-copyright approach reintroduced. 1) I already fixed these symbols hours ago. Pull your fucking repository. 2) Turn it on with a download option. I don't give a shit. Matt > > Barry > > On Mar 17, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Jed Brown wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 13:57, Sean Farley <sean at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > Matt, this really needs to be its own external package (unless you have > written permission the author of tetgen?) before 3.3 is released. I don't > think the license for tetgen jives with petsc's license, namely, tetgen > doesn't allow commercial use (which petsc does) without contacting the > author. If tetgen were an external package, then everything would be ok, I > believe. > > > > Good point, here's the license text (emphasis added). The TetGen source > has to be removed or you have to put in a configure option like the old > --with-gnu-copyright-code to disable it. > > > > > > TetGen License > > -------------- > > > > The software (TetGen) is licensed under the terms of the MIT license > > with the following exceptions: > > > > Distribution of modified versions of this code is permissible UNDER > > THE CONDITION THAT THIS CODE AND ANY MODIFICATIONS MADE TO IT IN THE > > SAME SOURCE FILES tetgen.h AND tetgen.cxx REMAIN UNDER COPYRIGHT OF > > THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR, BOTH SOURCE AND OBJECT CODE ARE MADE FREELY > > AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE, AND CLEAR NOTICE IS GIVEN OF THE > > MODIFICATIONS. > > > > Distribution of this code for any commercial purpose is permissible > > ONLY BY DIRECT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. > > > > The full license text is reproduced below. > > > > This means that TetGen is no free software, but for private, research, > > and educational purposes it can be used at absolutely no cost and > > without further arrangements. > > > > > > For details, see http://tetgen.berlios.de > > > > -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-dev/attachments/20120317/d278f45d/attachment.html>