[PD-dev] OSCx License is not free?
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Mon Apr 5 20:37:37 CEST 2004
I actually just cleaned up the build system for OSCx so it works for
MacOS X now. That's what brought up this issue. I made it a
generalized autoconf build, so the same makefile works in GNU/Linux as
well. It should also work for BSD, Cygwin and MinGW. but I haven't
succeeded there yet.
.hc
On Monday, Apr 5, 2004, at 12:16 America/New_York, Tim B wrote:
>
> on this thread - will OSCx appear for OSX any time soon?
>
> i havent gone through the process of learning about compilation
> under OSX (anyone care to share a pointer to a simple HOWTO?)
> so I havent tackled it myself...
>
> cheerz,
>
> tm
>
>
> d.lj wrote:
>> hu.
>> never thought about this but of course this is an issue. all three OSC
>> objects are only modifications of the cnmat programs respectively the
>> max object. hm. rewrite anyone? ;)
>> anyway, i ll ask about it on the osc list and see what the cnmat ppl
>> say.
>> _j
>> [Hans-Christoph Steiner]->[[PD-dev] OSCx License is not
>> free?]->[04-04-05 10:55]
>> |
>> |Anyone know what the license is of the OSCx code in CVS is? On the
>> |files themselves, the license is a non-free license. So unless its
>> |been released under a different license also, it shouldn't be in
>> |SourceForge CVS and it can't be distributed with the Pd installers
>> or
>> |in Debian. (This isn't a political issue, its a legal issue. UC
>> |Berkeley could sue SourceForge, guenter, or me, for example, for
>> |violating their license).
>> |
>> |This is from the top of externals/OSCx/src/dumpOSC.c:
>> |
>> |"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
>> its
>> |documentation for educational, research, and not-for-profit
>> purposes,
>> |without
>> |fee and without a signed licensing agreement, is hereby granted,
>> |provided that
>> |the above copyright notice, this paragraph and the following two
>> |paragraphs
>> |appear in all copies, modifications, and distributions. Contact The
>> |Office of
>> |Technology Licensing, UC Berkeley, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 510,
>> |Berkeley,
>> |CA 94720-1620, (510) 643-7201, for commercial licensing
>> opportunities."
>> |
>> |.hc
>> |
>>
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