>________________________________ > From: i go bananas <hard....@gmail.com> >To: PD List <pd-list@iem.at> >Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2011 11:55 AM >Subject: [PD] [expr] license issue (update) > > >just a quick update on the behind the scenes work i have been doing to see if >we can get [expr] under the BSD license. > >Firstly, i have been in contact on several occasions with Apple, in regards to >their position on LGPL software in their apps. They have really given me the >runaround, and even after many mails and calls to different departments, my >request of a yes/no answer on LGPL has always left me simply being shoved off >to another department, who won't give me a yes/no either. They are basically >telling me that if i need to know this simple fact, that i need to hire a >lawyer. Which is ludicrous. > >So, that's the "discouraging" news. > > >The not so discouraging news, is that i have spoken with a few people involved >with the jMax software, upon which the expr code is based. I have of course, >also been speaking with Shahrokh Yadegari, and the good news is that i have >yet to speak to anyone who is not in favour of helping with a change to the >BSD license. In the best case, we might be able to get permission for the >applicable jMax code to be relicensed under the BSD. This would mean that no >code re-write would be necessary, and the change to BSD would be quite smooth >(hopefully!)
IRCAM is listed as the copyright holder at the top of the relevant c files, so wouldn't you need explicit permission directly from IRCAM to change the license? (You also need to contact devs who added functionality and fixed any bugs in the expr code.) -Jonathan > >Anyway, it's a slow process, waiting for email replies, and then sending off >the next mail...but there appears to be some light coming from the end of the >tunnel. We're just not exactly which source that light comes from right now, >but hopefully all will clear up eventually. > >I doubt we'll be able to get this matter fully resolved by the end of this >year, but hopefully when the winter break is over we can see more clearly what >steps need to be taken. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
