Michael Torrie wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 12:06 -0700, Hyrum K. Wright wrote: > >>As part of a project I'm working on, I'm currently writing an ROTS for >>Atmel microcontrollers. I would like to license it under the terms of >>the GPL, but I might have to plead my case. Are there other projects >>sponsored by BYU which produce code licensed under the GPL and which I >>can use as precedent? I'm hoping to find projects developed by paid >>employees (full-time or students) as well as student projects. > > >>From my limited experience dealing with the BYU copyright office, > licensing your code under the GPL is a lot easier than under most other > license agreements. I've been assured unofficially that licensing in- > house projects (copyright BYU) under the GPL should not be a problem. > Definitely you'll need to check with the university's IP and copyright > office (I think).
Our faculty adviser is currently checking with the BYU copyright office, and I don't anticipate any problems, but I was looking for examples, just-in-case. Thanks to everyone for the information! It sounds like there are some cool GPL projects here on campus. -Hyrum -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
