Oops, strike this comment. Clearly I am neither a lawyer nor a careful reader (commas are so tricky). As I re-read the license several times, I now cannot see any conflict with GPL. However, several webpages (including wikipedia's software license list) say that it does conflict.
I cannot see how the Microsoft Permissive License would cause any problem in a portion of software included with Sage. --jason On 2/18/07, Jason Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just learned what IANAL means, and indeed I am not a Lawyer, but > point 3c of the Microsoft Permissive License appears to directly > conflict with the GPL. > > --jason > > On 2/18/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Certain kind researchers at Microsoft Rsearch have code they would like to > > contribute to SAGE. They are only allowed release it under the Microsoft > > Permissive License, which is described here (and linked to): > > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx > > > > (1) Is this license GPL compatible? It seems like it might be. It is very > > free (much more so than the GPL). What do you think? I couldn't find > > anything definitive online... One thing -- this license is very clear about > > patent issues, which is comforting. > > > > (2) General thoughts? > > > > -- > > William Stein > > Associate Professor of Mathematics > > University of Washington > > > > > > > > > -- > Jason Worth Martin > Asst. Prof. of Mathematics > James Madison University > http://www.math.jmu.edu/~martin > phone: (+1) 540-568-5101 > fax: (+1) 540-568-6857 > > "Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. > There is good rock here." -- Gimli, son of Gloin > -- Jason Worth Martin Asst. Prof. of Mathematics James Madison University http://www.math.jmu.edu/~martin phone: (+1) 540-568-5101 fax: (+1) 540-568-6857 "Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. There is good rock here." -- Gimli, son of Gloin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
