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. --------- 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 >
