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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/28/2015 9:14 AM, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
> 
> I am not using the PBRT project, I am just using one cpp file that I made my modifications and some other few lines of code. So it is not an external dependency.
> 
> Their licence is here:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mmp/pbrt-v3/master/LICENSE.txt
> 
> Do you think that it compatible?

I'm not sure.  I'm not a lawyer.  It's not much of a license in the
typical sense.  Your best bet would be to ask the FSF if it's
compatible.  Any code contributed to KiCad must be compatible with the
GPL2+.  Since you are cherry picking a file from the source, you may
want to check with the author as well.

> 
> Mario
> ________________________________________
> From: Kicad-developers [kicad-developers-bounces+mrluzeiro=ua.pt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Wayne Stambaugh [stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 October 2015 12:59
> To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D-Viewer Raytraced render
> 
> You may want to take a careful look at the pbrt-v3 license before you
> get too involved.  I'm not sure it's GPL2+ compatible.  It may be but
> you should get clarification.  Also, pbrt-v3 is not packaged in Debian
> and likely not packaged for any other platform either so that needs to
> be considered as well.  I am not allowing any more CMake dependency
> library build code in KiCad so that is not an option.
>