From: Kirk, B. (JSC-EG311) <ben...@na...> - 2012-10-23 18:01:28
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>> Ummm - the license in the released version is the BSD3-Clause >> license. It is an open source license (in fact it's one of the most >> permissive licenses) and it is both GPL and LGPL compatible. I >> don't think there is a problem with using that code... > > We can release libmesh.so without any source code under the most > permissive license imaginable, but the license choice wouldn't make it > GPL compatible. > > Similarly, tens of thousands of lines like > > "#define gX2 +mflit1_1*" > > does not qualify as "the preferred form of the work for making > modifications to it". Given the work that's gone into packaging the development version, I'm all for leaving it in there but not building it unless explicitly asked… I like the idea of distributing both but by default building the "released" version… -Ben |