BOINC itself is, I believe, entirely GPL V2. BOINC is completely open source. Gnu Pulbic License Version 2.
The individual projects may have different terms, but none of them charge for downloading software. Many of them use non-open source software for one reason or another. This part is not going to change. In any case, the response to the free nature is found in this conversation with the original author of the files: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=131997#71 This indicates that the files are indeed freely usable. jm7 |------------> | From: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Ramana Kumar <[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | To: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |<[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Date: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |07/25/2012 02:46 PM | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Subject: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |[boinc_dev] software freedom | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Sent by: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |<[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I would like to try BOINC, but not so much that I want to make an exception for nonfree software. My preferred OS (Parabola GNU/Linux) blacklists BOINC because it is not completely free software. The specific details for why are documented here http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Software_blacklist#boinc_.2F_boinc-app-seti I would like to ask the developers this: are you committed to not using freeglut or another free glut replacement? If not, could I ask that you attempt to make the switch, so we can reevaluate BOINC for freedom and eventually get it off the blacklist. I don't see any reason why a project like BOINC needs to be nonfree :) Cheers, Ramana _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
