Hi Lisa, The stable release of VTKEdge are planned to occurs in this date ( next few weeks) too?
Best Regards, Wagner 2009/10/6 Lisa Avila <[email protected]>: > Hello Lars, > > The GPL license that is on VTKEdge right now requires you to release your > source code with a license compatible with GPL if you distribute your > application. However, I won't go into much detail on this because shortly > (in the next few weeks) we will be changing the license on VTKEdge to a BSD > license which is a non-reciprocal open course license (doesn't require you > to release your code as source). Keep your eye on the vtkedge.org web site > and this mailing list for an announcement when the change is made. > > Lisa > > > Lars Friedrich Lars wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a general question regarding VTKEdge's licensing model: >> (because I do not understand when exactly I would need the VTKEdge >> Commercial License) >> >> I am developing an application that uses ITK, VTK and Qt. I am thinking >> about integrating some VTKEdge-features (GP-GPU-based volume rendering for >> example). Let us assume that I DO NOT MODIFY any of the original >> VTKEdge-files, but I link against the unmodified VTKEdge-library and >> possibly derive from some of the VTKEdge-classes and change their behavior >> slightly in the sub-classes. Moreover, let us assume that the application >> goes commercial one day (this is surely not my inmost desire - however, I >> have to think about it now for some reasons) - either the application itself >> has its price or a related service costs money. Would I then have to >> purchase one or more VTKEdge Commercial Licenses? Would I have to publish >> the source code of my application? I mean, it's clear that the application >> must explicitly announce that it uses ITK, VTK, Qt (LGPL) and VTKEdge, but >> do I also have to make the classes derived from VTKEdge and my own classes >> publicly available? >> >> Maybe that question sounds naive or even capitalistic (no!), but I have >> little experience with such licensing schemes ... >> >> Thank you!! >> >> regards, >> >> lars >> > > _______________________________________________ > VtkEdge mailing list > [email protected] > http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vtkedge > _______________________________________________ VtkEdge mailing list [email protected] http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vtkedge
