Bug#435214: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Clarification of licensing terms of semidef-oct

2007-08-07 Thread Lieven Vandenberghe
Rafael, I would prefer the second option, because we don't distribute the software any longer. Maybe it is sufficient to replace the old license under the copyright line in the C file with the standard LGPL header?We can use version 3 or higher of the LGPL, unless Octave has a different

Bug#435214: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Clarification of licensing terms of semidef-oct

2007-08-06 Thread Stephen Boyd
whatever is easiest. i am happy with semidef_prog having either license. Rafael Laboissiere wrote: * Lieven Vandenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-06 09:13]: I can see why our license is ambiguous. When we wrote it in 1994, we intended it to mean that the program is entirely free, fo

Bug#435214: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Clarification of licensing terms of semidef-oct

2007-08-06 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Lieven Vandenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-06 09:13]: > I can see why our license is ambiguous. When we wrote it in 1994, we > intended it to mean that the program is entirely free, for any purpose > (including commercial) and without any restriction. > > If it is easier if we swit

Bug#435214: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Clarification of licensing terms of semidef-oct

2007-08-01 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Stephen Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-31 16:41]: > i (and many others too) do most of my day to day convex optimization > work using cvx, which has a GNU license, but unfortunately, runs on top > of matlab. our plan (hope? goal?) however is to develop a full GNU > system for modeling and