Dear Alberto, Is there any rules which a general user like me have to take care? Do we need to pay for GPL? if not then what is the difference between acedemic and GPL? only the difference is easy re-distribution ? what is re-distribution? Please cearify
Regards Riya On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Alberto Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Grigory, > > That is good question... and I am not sure yet what the best answer is. > We are having a developers meeting at the end of the week. I will raise the > issue then and will let you know. > > Best regards, > > Alberto > > On 20 May 2016, at 16:51, Grigory Shamov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear Alberto, > > > > Is this retroactive? I.e., do we still protect older SIESTA versions, > > asking users to agree to the old Academic access licenses? > > > > -- > > Grigory Shamov > > > > Westgrid/ComputeCanada Site Lead > > University of Manitoba > > E2-588 EITC Building, > > (204) 474-9625 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 16-05-13 7:54 AM, "[email protected] on behalf of Alberto > Garcia" > > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The SIESTA developers have decided to change the licensing conditions > for > >> the code. From now on, SIESTA will be released under the GPL open-source > >> license (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License). > >> > >> In the past SIESTA had always been free for academic use, but > >> re-distribution was not permitted. It is expected that the move to an > >> open-source license will be beneficial for the SIESTA project and its > >> large user community. On the one hand, the program will be able to > >> incorporate functionality already existing in other GPL codes. On the > >> other, the barrier for contributors will be lowered, as new developments > >> will be more easily re-distributed. > >> > >> Development and distribution of the program is now centralized at the > >> Launchpad platform: > >> > >> http://launchpad.net/siesta > >> > >> Users can download tarballs of released versions, as well as clone the > >> source branches of the appropriate series directly. Prospective > >> contributors are encouraged to become familiar with the Launchpad > >> workflow and to read the specific documentation that is being prepared > >> for Siesta development. > >> > >> The current stable series is '4.0', which is in advanced beta stage. > >> Users are encouraged to download it and use it for production runs. > >> > >> > > > >
