On May 20, 12:11 am, Mickael Gastineau <amgastin...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
Hi Mickael,
> After a check with the authors of the CeCILL-C license, they confirm
> that CeCILL-C is not immediately compatible with the GPL.
> But the CeCILL-C is compatible by transitivity with the GPL. The
> derived software from the software under CeCILL-C can be released
> under CeCILL (it's the compatibility CeCILL-C -> CeCILL version 2) and
> then, under CeCILL version 2,it can be under GNU GPL.
Well, I am not sure what constitutes derived software, i.e. can you
take the sources as IS and distribute it under the GPL? It seems to be
the case, but the construct is rather more complicated than it ought
to be and licenses proliferation is a major pain in the ass in
general.
> But to avoid this problem, we released the library under two distinct
> licenses CeCILL-C or CeCILL version 2, giving you the choice of one of
> the two licensing terms. This allows the use of our code in as wide a
> variety of software projects as possible, even in GPL software.
>
> So the new version is 0.4.2 is available from :
>
> http://www.imcce.fr/Equipes/ASD/trip/scscp/
Cool. Thanks for the heads up.
> Mickael,
Cheers,
Michael
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