From: wolf Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:50:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Review the page with the license. X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9416ff9c87cb4edf218471b90dbe90bd72360b03;p=dealii-svn.git Review the page with the license. git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@2458 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d --- diff --git a/deal.II/doc/license.html b/deal.II/doc/license.html index 57ab10ac75..de3cc4d4cf 100644 --- a/deal.II/doc/license.html +++ b/deal.II/doc/license.html @@ -9,56 +9,73 @@ +

License

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  1. When deal.II is Open Source, can I use it to make - commercial (proprietary) software? -

    - No. -

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    - You will still need to obtain a profesional version of - deal.II from the authors to make commercial - (proprietary) software with deal.II - (unless, as always, you release software as free/Open Source - software). -

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  2. I want to put deal.II, and - applications that use it, on a CD-ROM or on a web - site. Can I do that with the Free Edition? -

    - Yes. -

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    - You may copy and redistribute deal.II, both - at home and at work, without restrictions. -

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-The license is called the Q Public License (or -"QPL"), and qualifies as an -Open Source -license. It is -thus appropriate for people wishing to write software under the -Open Source -model where all source -code to the software is made available to all users and can be freely -modified and redistributed.

The QPL prohibits development of -proprietary software. For Qt our Qt Professional -Edition product is available for this. +

+ deal.II is placed under an Open Source license, + in the sense advocated by the + Open Source + Initiative. You are thus free to copy and use it, and you have + free access to all source codes. +

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+ The license under which we have placed deal.II is + called the Q Public License (or "QPL"), and qualifies as an Open Source + license. It is thus appropriate for people wishing to write + software under the Open Source model where all source code to the + software is made available to all users and can be freely modified + and redistributed. The QPL was originally developed by + Troll Tech for their + Qt program library, but has since gained some support by other + library authors as well. +

- See also: -    Annotated version -    Plain text version -    Announcement -    Comments + The QPL prohibits development of proprietary software. If you intend + to develop commercial software based on deal.II, + we are willing to negotiate a different agreement. Feel free to + contact us in this case.

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+ For more information on the QPL, please see also the following + links: +
+     +     + Annotated version +     + Plain text version +     + Announcement +     + Comments +

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+ In addition to the terms imposed by the QPL, we have one restriction + on the use of the library: +

+ Please note that by this we do not mean to restrict your freedom of + publication, but we need external citations to justify our work on + the development of the library in regular reviews which our + institute has to undergo. +

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THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE