On Jul 29, 5:16 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, July 29, 2010, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I guess it boils down to whether "should" means "must" here, or not. > > Are there any means to decide, any precedents? > > > (I can also contact authors and ask whether they might soften the > > language...) > > Yes and you should definitely write to the FSF. >
FSF - do you mean to write to <licens...@fsf.org> asking this question about the legal meaning of "should"? I wrote to an author I know, no reply so far. Dima > > Thanks, > > Dima > > > On Jul 28, 9:43 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:46 PM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:52 AM, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> I think this is basically a modified BSD license, which is GPL > >> >>> compatible. > > >> >> It has an additional condition that is not in the GPL: "Any > >> >> publication resulting from research that made use of > >> >> this software should cite this document." This might make it non-GPL > >> >> compatible. > > >> > I view that as more of a request (as in "here is how to > >> > cite DSDP...") than a legal requirement, but maybe I'm wrong. > > >> If it is a request, it's fine. If it is a legal requirement, then it > >> definitely renders the software GPL-incompatible. > >> If it's a legal requirement, then it is kind of similar to the > >> "advertising must explicitly cite this component" clause of the > >> original non-GPL-compatible BSD license. > > >> -- William > > >> >> William > > >> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>>>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/hs/software/DSDP/Copyright.txt > > >> >>>> (C) COPYRIGHT 2004 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO > > >> >>>> This program discloses material protectable under copyright laws of > >> >>>> the United States. > >> >>>> Permission to copy and modify this software and its documentation is > >> >>>> hereby granted, provided that this notice is retained thereon and on > >> >>>> all copies or > >> >>>> modifications. The University of Chicago makes no representations as > >> >>>> to the suitability > >> >>>> and operability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as > >> >>>> is"; without > >> >>>> express or implied warranty. Permission is hereby granted to use, > >> >>>> reproduce, prepare > >> >>>> derivative works, and to redistribute to others, so long as this > >> >>>> original copyright notice > >> >>>> is retained. Any publication resulting from research that made use of > >> >>>> this software > >> >>>> should cite this document. > > >> >>>> [.... truncated - there is more stuff...] > > >> >>>> Thanks, > >> >>>> Dima > > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> >>>> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> >>>> For more options, visit this group > >> >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > >> >>>> URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > >> >>> -- > >> >>> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> >>> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> >>> For more options, visit this group > >> >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > >> >>> URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > >> >> -- > >> >> William Stein > >> >> Professor of Mathematics > >> >> University of Washington > >> >>http://wstein.org > > >> >> -- > >> >> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> >> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> >> For more options, visit this group > >> >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > >> >> URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > >> > -- > >> > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > >> > URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > >> -- > >> William Stein > >> Professor of Mathematics > >> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > > -- > > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > > URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > -- > William Stein > Professor of Mathematics > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
