[sage-devel] Re: C library for SCSCP

2009-05-20 Thread mabshoff
On May 20, 12:11 am, Mickael Gastineau 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

[sage-devel] Re: C library for SCSCP

2009-05-20 Thread Mickael Gastineau
Hi Michael, 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 comp

[sage-devel] Re: C library for SCSCP

2009-05-13 Thread mabshoff
On May 13, 5:25 am, Mickael Gastineau wrote: Hi Mickael, > The fedora says that isn't compatible but the FSF says that it is > compatible with GPL : > seehttp://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/  (section CeCILL version > 2) > orhttp://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses No,

[sage-devel] Re: C library for SCSCP

2009-05-13 Thread Mickael Gastineau
The fedora says that isn't compatible but the FSF says that it is compatible with GPL : see http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/ (section CeCILL version 2) or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses and the FAQ of the cecill says that the "CeCILL is nevertheless compati

[sage-devel] Re: C library for SCSCP

2009-05-13 Thread mabshoff
On May 13, 1:42 am, Mickael Gastineau wrote: > Dear all, Hi Mickael, > You may have heard about the protocol called "Symbolic Computation > Software Composability Protocol", abbreviated SCSCP, developped under > the SCIEnce project (http://www.symbolic-computation.org/). > > I have made a C l