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[Harish Narayanan <harish.mlists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/6/11 11:00 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:49:05AM +0200, Harish Narayanan wrote:
>> On 4/5/11 8:39 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
>>> We're making good progress with collecting the copyright forms and
>>> should soon be able to make the switch to LPGL.
>>>
>>> A couple of points I'd like to make:
>>>
>>> 1. When someone submits patches, maintainers first need to ask
>>> contributors to sign the two forms. Otherwise, we risk having to run
>>> after people we don't know to sign the forms later.
>>>
>>> 2. FEniCS Apps should have the exact same license as the rest of the
>>> code, simply because that enables copying of code from Apps to Core.
>>> It is natural (and desirable) that some of the code developed as part
>>> of an App moves into DOLFIN if it's found that code may be useful to
>>> other projects.
>>>
>>> This means CBC.Solve needs to either use the LPGL, or, if Harish still
>>> objects, be removed from FEniCS Apps or CBC.Twist removed from
>>> CBC.Solve.
>>
>> I understand and mostly agree with what you are saying.
>>
>> The only strong opinion I have is about cbc.twist. Not to be difficult,
>> but I genuinely feel its goals---being a test-bed to learn and educate
>> others about mechanics---are best served if any further projects built
>> upon it are developed in an open fashion. To enforce this, I would like
>> it to remain GPL.
>>
>> I think the easiest solution here is that I split cbc.twist from
>> cbc.solve. This allows the rest of cbc.solve to then be an LGPL FEniCS
>> App, and I have no other qualms about signing the license change forms.
> 
> Just for the record, I think this turned out well. My only argument
> for enforcing LGPL on CBC.Solve was a practical one (having the same
> license accross all FEniCS projects). Now that we make FEniCS Apps
> something separate, or more inclusive depending how you look at it
> (anything can now be a FEniCS App), I think the GPL is the better
> choice of license for CBC.Solve.
> 
> Both Harish and I are strong FSF/GPL supporters so this is really an
> Emacs vs XEmacs, or even Emacs22 vs Emacs23 type argument. :-)

:)

Harish