Re: [License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-04-14 Thread Tamsen Dunn
Hi Albert, Gervase, Thanks for your continuing thoughts on the Illumina license issue. I don't have much to add to the discussion at this point, but I did want to let you know I was reading the posts, and will try to make use of the feedback to help us get illumina code out into the OSI

[License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Albert Vilella
Hi, I have been trying to wrap my head around the following license, and discussed the contents of it with colleagues. There seems to be two markedly opposed opinions around the license. This is, people that think it's OSI-compliant, and people that think it's nothing close to being

[License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Albert Vilella
Hi, I have been trying to wrap my head around the following license, and discussed the contents of it with colleagues. There seems to be two markedly opposed opinions around the license. This is, people that think it's OSI-compliant, and people that think it's nothing close to being

Re: [License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Ben Tilly
Put me in the nothing close to being OSI camp. It discriminates against anyone other than Illumina, Inc who would like to use it in gene sequencing software. I would therefore fail it under item 5. A major intent of open source software is exactly that you not discriminate in this way. But I'm

Re: [License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Gervase Markham
On 13/03/14 10:26, Albert Vilella wrote: markedly opposed opinions around the license. This is, people that think it's OSI-compliant, and people that think it's nothing close to being OSI-compliant: How could anyone think that a license which says use or sale of the Software as part of a SaaS

Re: [License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Cinly Ooi
I agree with Ben. The part requiring a license from llumina for commercial use in non-illumina branded equipment in (1)(d) and (4)(b) step over the line. Ditto the part where you cannot use it for SaaS (4)(c). (2)(d) which requires commercial entity to inform Illumina about their modification is

Re: [License-discuss] Illumina Open Source License

2014-03-13 Thread Simon Phipps
Thanks for the question. I agree with the other comments here and have submitted an issue to the project on Github. S. On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Albert Vilella avile...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have been trying to wrap my head around the following license, and discussed the contents