[PD-dev] OSCx License is not free?

[guenter geiger]

Really bad situation. I think the CNMAT should rethink its license,
especially if they want OSC to become a standard. Its strange that the
topic didn't show up before.

Guenter

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, d.lj wrote:
> 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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