From: Timur K. <tk...@nd...> - 2014-01-20 16:05:59
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Hi, I'm graduate student and my advisor is very cautious about using third party software within any research project. I was wondering if Qucs is a free software and I can use Qucs while doing my research? Thanks Timur |
From: Frans S. <fra...@gm...> - 2014-01-21 10:40:51
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Hi Timur, Qucs is free software and distributed under GPL. You can use it for anything you like, including your study project. Kind regards, Frans On 01/20/2014 05:05 PM, Timur Kupaev wrote: > Hi, > > I'm graduate student and my advisor is very cautious about using third > party software within any research project. I was wondering if Qucs is > a free software and I can use Qucs while doing my research? > > Thanks > Timur > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Qucs-devel mailing list > Quc...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qucs-devel |
From: Richard C. <r.c...@ed...> - 2014-01-21 10:47:41
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On 20/01/2014 16:05, Timur Kupaev wrote: > Hi, > > I'm graduate student and my advisor is very cautious about using third > party software within any research project. I was wondering if Qucs is > a free software and I can use Qucs while doing my research? > > Thanks > Timur > Qucs is GPL licenced. This means you are free to use and indeed modify it in any way you see fit in perpetuity. Your own circuits, and the results produced by Qucs etc. are your own to do with as you wish, and not affected by the Qucs licence. To be technical, the GPL does not necessarily mean free, as in 'no cost', but means free as in 'freedom'. However, Qucs is provided at no cost and its source code is openly published and distributed from several places, so it would be very difficult for anyone to take it away. You could download a copy now if you were very worried. There are also, no plans by anyone to take away the source code (and the current developers would be very upset if there were). I hope this clarifies things, Regards, Richard Crozier (one of the Qucs administrators and developers) -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. |
From: Timur K. <tk...@nd...> - 2014-02-13 17:11:20
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Hi, Thank you for your respond! I appreciate the explanation. Timur On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Richard Crozier <r.c...@ed...> wrote: > On 20/01/2014 16:05, Timur Kupaev wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm graduate student and my advisor is very cautious about using third >> party software within any research project. I was wondering if Qucs is >> a free software and I can use Qucs while doing my research? >> >> Thanks >> Timur >> > > > Qucs is GPL licenced. This means you are free to use and indeed modify it in > any way you see fit in perpetuity. Your own circuits, and the results > produced by Qucs etc. are your own to do with as you wish, and not affected > by the Qucs licence. > > To be technical, the GPL does not necessarily mean free, as in 'no cost', > but means free as in 'freedom'. However, Qucs is provided at no cost and its > source code is openly published and distributed from several places, so it > would be very difficult for anyone to take it away. You could download a > copy now if you were very worried. There are also, no plans by anyone to > take away the source code (and the current developers would be very upset if > there were). > > I hope this clarifies things, > > Regards, > Richard Crozier > (one of the Qucs administrators and developers) > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > |