Thanks for taking a look Matt and Brian, For simplicity, I've just relicensed the code in question to an apache 2.0 license, but i think these are questions that will need to be worked through if Remote modules become an important part of the toolkit.
-Luke On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Brian Helba <brian.he...@kitware.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > Part B of the license in question ( > http://www.rad.upenn.edu/sbia/software/license.html ) is what applies to > taking their code and using it as part of an ITK remote module. It appears > at first glance to be a permissive open-source license, but I think someone > certainly needs to examine a diff between it and Apache 2.0. > > I'm wondering about a possible complication from Part A, which is a > contributor license agreement (CLA) for contributing code back upstream. If > improvements to the library in question are made by ITK, it would be best > if those could be easily contributed back upstream; if we can't do this, > then the library gets forked and it's much more difficult to incorporate > updated versions from upstream. From the text of Part A, it looks as though > any of ITK's modifications, being Apache 2.0 is enough per se to meet the > requirements of their CLA. However, if their CLA requires an individual to > sign any documents (it doesn't appear to) or for some entity to provide the > code with a warranty (which section 6 does) beyond Apache 2.0's "no > warranty whatsoever", there could be problems. > > Perhaps I'm being too pedantic, but it's an angle that I think should be > evaluated. For a remote module, I think ITK could include it regardless, > but it would be good to know the answers to these questions. > > Brian > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Luke Bloy <luke.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Matt, >> >> Do people think this license ( >> http://www.rad.upenn.edu/sbia/software/license.html ) would have any >> issues? My belief is that it is based strongly off apache 2. >> >> Thanks again. >> Luke >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Matt McCormick < >> matt.mccorm...@kitware.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Luke, >>> >>> There has been considerable work into keeping the repository >>> patent-free and minimize copyleft licenses (see the CMake warning when >>> FFTW support is enabled, which is off by default). >>> >>> The preferred license is Apache 2.0 with copyright assigned to the >>> Insight Software Consortium, like the rest of the toolkit. Other >>> BSD-style licenses should well work, too. >>> >>> I personally would be fine with most other licenses, too, for a Remote >>> Module, but it also depends on the input of other members of the >>> community. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Matt >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Luke Bloy <luke.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Are there any license requirements for being considered for inclusion >>> as a >>> > remote module? >>> > >>> > Luke >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Powered by www.kitware.com >>> > >>> > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>> > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>> > >>> > Kitware offers ITK Training Courses, for more information visit: >>> > http://kitware.com/products/protraining.php >>> > >>> > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ITK FAQ at: >>> > http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ >>> > >>> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> > http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-developers >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Community mailing list >>> > commun...@itk.org >>> > http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community >>> > >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Kitware offers ITK Training Courses, for more information visit: >> http://kitware.com/products/protraining.php >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ITK FAQ at: >> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-developers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Community mailing list >> commun...@itk.org >> http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> > > > -- > Brian Helba > Medical Imaging > Kitware, Inc. >
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