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Re: [License] Gsas-II



Ben Finney writes:
>> * Distribution of changed, modified or derivative works based on
>>   GSAS-II grants the GSAS-II copyright holder unrestricted permission
>>   to include any, or all, new and changed code in future GSAS-II
>>   releases.
>
> This is, IIUC, met by granting every recipient (including GSAS-II) this
> same license. This seems to be a weaker copyleft (one specific party
> must receive the same license). I think this is okay, if imbalanced.

It is icky.  However, Ocaml, which is in main, has a clause (3b) with a
similar effect:

  https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/o/ocaml/ocaml_4.01.0-5_copyright

>> * The software and the end-user documentation included with the
>>   redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
>>   "This product includes software produced by UChicago Argonne, LLC
>>   under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 with the Department of Energy."
>
> This is a burden on certain forms of work. This might make the work
> non-free.

Apache License 1.1 has almost the exact same wording.

Cheers,
Walter Landry


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