> even if all the code was rewritten, the code ownership would not change > at least if the changes are incremental. If this is true, you might be > unable to relicense OpenBabel without permission from OpenEye even if > all the original code is rewritten.
Actually, what Craig is referencing (I think) is an effort to totally scrap the Open Babel core, in favor of a combined library written in collaboration with RDKit. The pieces that we'd bring to the table would be things that have been written since Open Eye and we clearly know the contributors. In any case, both your point and Craig's point is that life would be much better if Open Eye were willing to discuss relicensing their code. Incidentally, I find it ironic that a few years ago, Open Eye was publicly bashing InChI and now want to use it. -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
