Just to be super clear... if I was to use this package from within Plots, would I need to change anything about my license file?
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it is completely allowed. As long as you do not violate the GPL > license of the code you are creating a derived work with – and the > releasing your code under the MIT license satisfies the GPL, so it's fine. > What you cannot do is release a derived work that is or uses proprietary > code since that would mean that you are not abiding by the terms of the GPL > and your right to use or redistribute the GPL code would be nullified. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Tom Breloff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Robert... it is of interest :) >> >> I'm curious... is this really allowed? >> >> The Julia code in this package is MIT licensed and the Fortran code is >>> licensed under GPL. >> >> >> Can I call this from another package that is fully MIT (and without >> mentioning the license), or does that GPL notice need to be attached to >> everything up the dependency chain? >> >> Also... if possible it would be preferable to remove the dependency on >> DataFrames (but I understand that's a tough decision to make after the >> fact). >> >> Thanks for the contribution. >> Tom >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Robert DJ <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I ended up wrapping the Fortran code from the R package. If it's of >>> interest I'm sharing the code: >>> https://github.com/robertdj/Deldir.jl >>> >> >> >
