NuPIC and associated projects are now AGPL as of 0.2.7.

http://numenta.org/blog/2015/08/17/licensing-update.html

Thanks for your support.

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Matt Taylor
OS Community Flag-Bearer
Numenta

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello NuPIC,
>
> I wanted to let you all know that we have decided to move from GPLv3
> to AGPLv3. We are planning on making this change for all our OS
> repositories that are currently GPLv3 within the next 2 weeks.
>
> Regards,
>
> ---------
> Matt Taylor
> OS Community Flag-Bearer
> Numenta
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello NuPIC,
> >
> > Following is a note from Numenta CEO Donna Dubinsky about a license
> > change we've been considering for awhile now. Please read:
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > To members of the NuPIC community…
> >
> > I’m writing you today on a likely change in direction on NuPIC
> > licensing going forward.  I’ve discussed this direction with several
> > members of the NuPIC community, and would value your input as well.
> > You can reach me at [email protected] with any thoughts on this
> > subject or on licensing in general.
> >
> > When we made the decision to use the GPLv3 license several years ago,
> > the GPL seemed like a good fit for our needs as we were trying to
> > promote a community that shares their work, rather than going with a
> > more permissive style license that allows individuals to keep it
> > private.  As you know, we elected to have a dual license strategy to
> > separately work with those individuals who wanted to build proprietary
> > commercial applications.
> >
> > Now, several years later, we are seeing some concern on the question
> > of how the GPLv3 applies to SaaS implementations (SaaS is “software as
> > a service”, or cloud-based implementations).  We have heard from SaaS
> > developers who feel comfortable using the GPL but not distributing the
> > source.  As this was not the spirit of our original licensing
> > selection, we are now leaning towards transitioning to the AGPLv3
> > (Affero General Public License) going forward.  The AGPL makes clear
> > that use in a SaaS implementation is also considered a distribution
> > and thus must fully comply with the GPL.  In the last few years, we’ve
> > seen increasing adoption of the AGPL, used for products such as Mongo
> > DB.  Note that the AGPLv3 is explicitly designed to be the same as the
> > GPLv3 with the additional of the SaaS clarification.
> >
> > Based on initial feedback, we are planning to move forward with this
> > change in the coming weeks.  I believe that this will impact the NuPIC
> > community in a positive way by plugging the loophole that does not
> > clearly require distribution in SaaS instances.  From a commercial
> > perspective, this change gives a clearer delineation that a commercial
> > license would be required for a proprietary SaaS implementation.
> >
> > Links to both licenses are below.
> >
> > Thanks for your interest and your investment of time in NuPIC.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
> >
> > * * *
> >
> >
> > Thanks for reading. I hope this doesn't alarm anyone. We've been
> > discussing this change for awhile now, and I think it is the right
> > thing to do. It Please let us know if you have any feedback, but the
> > bottom line is that this change should not affect you at all unless
> > you were planning on (or are currently) running NuPIC as a cloud-based
> > software service. You may still do this, of course, but you would need
> > to share your source code or come to Numenta for a commercial license.
> >
> > I am happy to discuss any concerns, questions, or comments anyone has
> > about this change.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > ---------
> > Matt Taylor
> > OS Community Flag-Bearer
> > Numenta
>

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