ugoboy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael A. Hobson Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 6:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Keeping track of information inside the game
Dear All, First of all I AM NOT A LAWYER. Do not make legal decisions based upon my opinions. Hire a real lawyer for legal opinions. Damien said: > What really is VMPI ? > Valve's Implementation of Local Area Multicomputer/ Message Passing Interface (LAM/MPI), a network API used in cluster-based parallel computing (especially on Linux clusters): http://www.lam-mpi.org Unfortunately, the license for LAM/MPI seems to be incompatible with the Source SDK Licensing: http://www.lam-mpi.org/community/license.php There is an Open MPI being developed with what looks like they intend to license it with better terms for Valve's (and other commercial vendor's) purposes: http://www.open-mpi.org/ > About mysql licence, if I remember well, you need to pay if you sell your > product with mysql in it (in the setup, in the zip, or on the cd...) Damien: You are not a lawyer either and you can get people into big trouble by advising them on licenses *from memory*. As it happens, you are *WAY WRONG* about MySQL licensing: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/ which says (in part): In their simplest form, the following are general licensing guidelines: *If your software is licensed under either the GPL-compatible Free Software License as defined by the Free Software Foundation or approved by OSI, then use our GPL licensed version. *If you distribute a proprietary application in any way, and you are not licensing and distributing your source code under GPL, you need to purchase a commercial license of MySQL *If you are unsure, we recommend that you buy our cost effective commercial licenses. That is the safest solution. Licensing questions can submitted online for our advice, and we encourage you to refer to the Free Software Foundation or a lawyer as appropriate. -- Michael A. Hobson mike (at) crusader (dash) services (dot) com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
