Hi, I don't think there is any chance tha OpenBabel license can change one day. I had the same problem with GChemPaint and friends which I moved to GPL-v3 so that I couldn't use OB as a library anymore. I now run openbabel from a separate program with which the other apps communicate through a socket (might be another mechanism). This little helper program is licensed as GPL-v2, runs as a server (lauched when needed) and closes itself after some inactivity time.
Regards, J. Brefort Le jeudi 26 septembre 2013 à 10:51 +0200, David van der Spoel a écrit : > 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, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
