On Thursday, July 29, 2010, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess it boils down to whether "should" means "must" here, or not. > Are there any means to decide, any precedents? > > (I can also contact authors and ask whether they might soften the > language...)
Yes and you should definitely write to the FSF. > > Thanks, > Dima > > > On Jul 28, 9:43 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:46 PM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:52 AM, David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think this is basically a modified BSD license, which is GPL >> >>> compatible. >> >> >> It has an additional condition that is not in the GPL: "Any >> >> publication resulting from research that made use of >> >> this software should cite this document." This might make it non-GPL >> >> compatible. >> >> > I view that as more of a request (as in "here is how to >> > cite DSDP...") than a legal requirement, but maybe I'm wrong. >> >> If it is a request, it's fine. If it is a legal requirement, then it >> definitely renders the software GPL-incompatible. >> If it's a legal requirement, then it is kind of similar to the >> "advertising must explicitly cite this component" clause of the >> original non-GPL-compatible BSD license. >> >> -- William >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> William >> >> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/hs/software/DSDP/Copyright.txt >> >> >>>> (C) COPYRIGHT 2004 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO >> >> >>>> This program discloses material protectable under copyright laws of >> >>>> the United States. >> >>>> Permission to copy and modify this software and its documentation is >> >>>> hereby granted, provided that this notice is retained thereon and on >> >>>> all copies or >> >>>> modifications. The University of Chicago makes no representations as >> >>>> to the suitability >> >>>> and operability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as >> >>>> is"; without >> >>>> express or implied warranty. Permission is hereby granted to use, >> >>>> reproduce, prepare >> >>>> derivative works, and to redistribute to others, so long as this >> >>>> original copyright notice >> >>>> is retained. Any publication resulting from research that made use of >> >>>> this software >> >>>> should cite this document. >> >> >>>> [.... truncated - there is more stuff...] >> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> Dima >> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> >>>> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >>>> For more options, visit this group >> >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel >> >>>> URL:http://www.sagemath.org >> >> >>> -- >> >>> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> >>> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >>> For more options, visit this group >> >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel >> >>> URL:http://www.sagemath.org >> >> >> -- >> >> William Stein >> >> Professor of Mathematics >> >> University of Washington >> >>http://wstein.org >> >> >> -- >> >> To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> >> sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >> For more options, visit this group >> >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel >> >> URL:http://www.sagemath.org >> >> > -- >> > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel >> > URL:http://www.sagemath.org >> >> -- >> William Stein >> Professor of Mathematics >> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
