On 22-Feb-08, at 7:26 PM, Aditya Godbole wrote:
*I* have not branded them - even the OSI doesn't accept their
license
as a an OSS license. And i our labs we had some enthusiastic
students
who were modifying scilab - and about to release the modifications
when they found it couldnt be done ...
I think only commercial distribution of modified works based on scilab
is prohibited (Section 4 of the Scilab license). So unless the
students were planning to distribute their contributions for profit,
its another matter. Otherwise, they have just misunderstood the
license.
yes - so it is. Either they have changed it, or I didnt read it
thoroughly the first time
Also, BP is a not-for-profit organisation. For them Scilab is as good
as open source software since they never intend to make commercial use
of it.
now to find out why OSI doesnt approve ...
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