Re: OpenCASCADE ACCEPTED!
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 16:36 -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 19:41 -0500, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> > On 14/06/2008, Ross Boylan <ross@biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> > > Personally, I'm pretty sympathetic with people who want to restrict to
> > > non-commercial use.
> >
> > I'm not. I think they are confused, believe that "free" and
> > "commercial" are binary opposites and misunderstand the nature of
> > software freedom.
>
> Note that there is no commercial use restriction on triangle, the
> restriction is on making money for distribution. So you can download it
> at no cost and then use it for commercial purposes, and still be within
> the license. But if anyone wants to charge money for distributing it,
> that requires a separate arrangement.
>
> Thanks everyone for looking into relicensing and/or reimplementation!
>
> -Adam
That's encouraging. If the author has gone that far, persuading him to
go just a little further may be easier.
Ross
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