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Re: [ccp4bb] The CCP4 license is ambiguous |
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CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- July 2007 <-- 05 July 2007Subject: Re: The CCP4 license is ambiguous From: Tim Fenn fenn {- at -} STANFORD {- dot -} EDU Date: 2007-07-05 > > I think the reason most folks have problems with the licensing on the > ccp4 *libraries* is that the ccp4 format for maps and reflection files > should be an *open* format - the way it stands now, without writing > your own library to access ccp4 files (and this is where ambiguity > sets in and I find the CCP4-type license completely lacking - can I > look at the source code from CCP4 and develop my own library based on > what I learn from the code? Does it also matter if I'm a commercial > versus academic user?), there is *no way* you can redistribute a > program that depends on CCP4 formatted files without simply including > said program in the CCP4 distribution. My apologies - this was overzealous and incorrect - although its still rather difficult to get the CCP4 libraries in a distributable form, since the license that covers the libraries aren't OSI/FSF approved. -Tim -- --------------------------------------------------------- Tim Fenn fenn@stanford.edu Stanford University, School of Medicine James H. Clark Center 318 Campus Drive, Room E300 Stanford, CA 94305-5432 Phone: (650) 736-1714 FAX: (650) 736-1961 --------------------------------------------------------- CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- July 2007 <-- 05 July 2007 |
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