This is a frequently asked question. Your understanding of the GPL I think is correct. Regarding changing the license, we are hindered by the copyright holders.
- Noel On 26 September 2013 09:51, David van der Spoel <sp...@xray.bmc.uu.se> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a somewhat selfish question: as a GROMACS core developer I > proposed to the developers to start using OpenBabel for file I/O of > common formats in our software. However, as of version 4.6, gromacs is > licensed under the LGPL, rather than GPL v2 which it was before, and > what OpenBabel still is. In the case that GROMACS code is linked to by a > closed source program (e.g. a commercial viewer) then it is not allowed > to link to OpenBabel anymore, right? > > In principle we could use system calls to get a subset of the > functionality, but that is not a great solution. > > Have the OpenBabel developers considered moving to LGPL? > > Regards, > -- > David van der Spoel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology > Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University. > Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +46184714205. > sp...@xray.bmc.uu.se http://folding.bmc.uu.se > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60133471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-Devel mailing list > OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60133471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
