Re: Question about a licensing problem

["Albert van der Horst" <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl>]

Thibaut Paumard schreef:
> Le 17/03/2014 13:34, Albert van der Horst a écrit :
>>> one version, 2.21 is GPL, but already for reasonable sized brain image
>>> data the code crashes, and the way the code is written there is no easy
>>> way to fix this, and hence, Oscar went with version 3.0, which works.
>>>
>>> However, version 3.0 comes with a license attached that only allows use
>>> for research purposes and doesn't allow the redistribution of the
>>> source
>>> code.
>>
>>  This seems to like a clear violation of the GPL.
>> Just ask them to comply with the GPL.
>
> Not at all. They are upstream, they can change their own licensing terms
> for new releases of their code. They are simply not yielding their new
> work under the same terms as they did with their preceding work. The GPL
> is *not* viral, using it for version 2.21 of your code does not force
> you to use it for version 3.0.

Of course. I didn't realize it was just the same authors with a new version.
How stupid.

>
> Kind regards, Thibaut.
>
>
>


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