I know I am allowed to use and modify MATPOWER according to the GPL, but
can I redistribute the transmission network data included with MATPOWER?
I have been emulating some of MATPOWER's functionality in Julia, the
language I use for my research. One piece of functionality I rely on is
loadcase(). To implement this in Julia, I stored all MATPOWER case file
data into a set of .mat files and wrote a Julia function to interface with
them. Now I can type loadcase("case14") in Julia to return the exact same
data as when I run loadcase(case14) with MATPOWER.
I would like to distribute my Julia package on GitHub, but it includes
MATPOWER's case file data, so I want to make sure I am following the
license. My question is about this part of the MATPOWER license:
"The MATPOWER case files distributed with MATPOWER are not covered by
the GPL. In most cases, the data has either been included with
permission or has been converted from data available from a public
source."
Does this mean I am not permitted to distribute .mat files generated
from MATPOWER's case format files? If I need permission to distribute
MATPOWER's transmission network data along with my Julia code, who
should I ask?
Best,
Jonas Kersulis
PhD Student, University of Michigan
