Had to google to see why the relation to ircam, I understand now this was written as part of JMax, which has the GNU’s Lesser General Public License.
cool I wonder if anyone still uses Jmax :) I really think Ircam shouldn't mind this at all, and it'd be great to see this issue finally over with again, is there anyone still using jmax? cheers 2015-11-09 4:33 GMT-02:00 Shahrokh Yadegari <[email protected]>: > I am happy to distribute expr/expr~/fexpr~ objects on BSD license. The > original expr code that I wrote at IRCAM, was made available as GLP by > IRCAM, and later they were kind enough to change that to LGPL. They may be > fine with BSD as well. I will ask and find out. > > best, > Shahrokh > > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Shahrokh is working on a new release of the expr family of objects (0.5) >> >> I'm copying him here, and I wouldn't know what his restrictions or issues >> would be regarding the license. Maybe if properly discussed with him, we >> could find a way to choose a license that is suitable for the libpd apps. >> >> I agree that expr is essencial and such limitation would be bad for Pd >> apps. >> >> cheers >> >> 2015-11-07 17:24 GMT-02:00 Scott R. Looney <[email protected]>: >> >>> thanks Jonathan. this is what i assumed re LGPL when i saw a discussion >>> about using fluidsynth in a build, which has a LGPL variant but not >>> anything more permissive. so one question would be if anyone here on the >>> list had a paid app rejected or accepted on the App Store due to using an >>> LGPL license? expr and expr~ are very useful for a variety of things but >>> for now i'm not using them due to this offchance. >>> >>> i would further guess that FSF's exact words on LGPL were probably >>> pretty dark on using the iTunes Store in general. i've seen some >>> announcements from them in the past that made it clear how they feel about >>> walled gardens. >>> >>> best, >>> scott >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > As of about 2 years ago, expr and relatives are LGPL and thus >>>> compatible with the App Store. >>>> >>>> I emailed the Free Software Foundation, who are the publishers of the >>>> LGPL. They responded >>>> that the LGPL is not compatible with the restrictive terms of Apple's >>>> app store. >>>> >>>> I forgot to ask them in advance if I could publicly post their >>>> response. If they say I can do so, I'll post their actual response. >>>> But it sounded pretty clear. >>>> >>>> I suppose one could argue if it's a free app then who cares, and that >>>> the copyright holders of expr (or even Apple) are extremely unlikely to >>>> create a licensing fuss. But then that's the case whether expr is GPL, >>>> LGPL, or even "don't use this to murder people with drones" license. >>>> >>>> If you want to write/use open source software that's compatible with >>>> Apple's app store, use >>>> the 3-clause BSD license. >>>> >>>> -Jonathan >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Shahrokh Yadegari > Professor of Composition and Sound Design, > Theatre and Dance Department > University of California, San Diego > Director, Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Science, (IDEAS) > California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies > (Calit2) > Email: [email protected] > Web: http://yadegari.org > Tel: (858) 822-4113 > Fax: (858) 534-1080 > >
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