Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy license file

[Bruce S. <bso...@gm...>]

Hi,
> The Numpy code itself is BSD but the included f2py is LGPL, so it seems
> that the entire package is LGPL.

This is not really correct but I am not a lawyer or license expert nor a
Numpy developer. Just because f2py is (or rather was) LGPL it does not
automatically make all the Numpy code LGPL. If a piece of code is a
derivative of f2py then it must be released as LGPL or with a more
restrictive license that does not violate the LGPL but you can not release
it under a less restrictive license such as BSD. But any piece of code that
is not a derivative of f2py (such as being completely independent of f2py)
can have it own license (that must not violate other licenses).

Exactly what is a derivative is a real mess so seek legal advice.

Regards
Bruce

On 1/20/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
>
> On Friday 20 January 2006 14:50, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 13:24 -0500, Darren Dale wrote:
> > > I also apologize if this is a duplicate, my mail isnt getting through
> > > either.
> > >
> > > I'm looking for the license file in svn numpy, but cant find it. a
> grep
> > > of "license" on the numpy directory turned up several references to
> terms
> > > of the SciPy license, and to the missing LICENSE.txt.
> > >
> > > Some folks are working on a gentoo ebuild for numpy/scipy in gentoo's
> > > bugzilla, and raised questions about numpy's license.
> >
> > The Numpy code itself is BSD but the included f2py is LGPL, so it seems
> > that the entire package is LGPL.
>
> I don't want this to seem disrespectful, but could I get a second opinion
> on
> this?
>
>
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