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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday September 6 2010 11:35:11 Kristian Ølgaard wrote:
> On 6 September 2010 15:43, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > eA bunch of different licenses are used for various FEniCS components,
> > mostly different versions of GPL and LGPL.
> > 
> > I would be practical to clean up among the licenses and maybe even use
> > the same license for all components. At least, we should settle on
> > either GPL or LGPL v3 or any later version for all components. One
> > immediate benefit is that a common license would simplify packaging
> > for Debian/Ubuntu since that requires listing all licenses used and
> > that involves some work (even for DOLFIN alone!).
> 
> It's not  a big deal to me, but I think having just one license for
> FEniCS would be great.
> The main reason being that I don't have to think too hard when
> copy/pasting the author/license info to files :)
> That being said, a quick google convinced me to vote for LGPL if we
> have to pick one.

+1

Johan

> Kristian
> 
> > One implication is the need for changing the DOLFIN license which is
> > now LGPL v2.1.
> > 
> > An important point to consider is the potential implication of the GPL
> > license used in FFC and UFL, which might force GPL on DOLFIN.
> > 
> > I have added a blueprint:
> > 
> > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/fenics/+spec/license
> > 
> > Please comment here and on the blueprint whiteboard.
> > 
> > --
> > Anders
> > 
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