[PD-dev] Re: [OSC_dev] License restriction of CNMAT OSC code

[Matt Wright]

I apologize for this problem, which is totally my fault and which 
never should have come up.

I changed the license for all of CNMAT's OSC-related code to a truly 
open-source license, quoted below, in early 2001.   (I even ran it by 
Bradley M. Kuhn from the Free Software Foundation, who told me it's 
totally GPL-compatible.)

But it seems that I did a very bad job of updating all the various 
versions of OSC code on the CNMAT website to include the new license, 
so it's no wonder old versions have crept into the PD repository at 
SourceForge.

I believe that I just fixed everything under 
http://cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/src to use the 
correct, new, open-source license; please let me know if this is not 
the case, or if you find other "published" OSC code with the bad old 
license.

Thanks,

-Matt

p.s. What's the right convention for where to put a README file 
explaining the license for a bunch of source code?


The correct OSC license:
>Written by [name(s)], The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies,
>University of California, Berkeley.  Copyright (c) [year], [year], 
>[year], [...] The Regents of
>the University of California (Regents). 
>
>Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and distribute modified versions
>of this software and its documentation 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.
>
>IN NO EVENT SHALL REGENTS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
>SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING
>OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF REGENTS HAS
>BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>
>REGENTS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
>THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, IF ANY, PROVIDED
>HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED "AS IS". REGENTS HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
>MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.




At 9:24 AM +0200 4/12/04, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>Hallo,
>
>I'm one of the maintainers of the Pure Data CVS at Sourceforge
>(pure-data.sf.net). The repository also includes an OSC external for
>Pd which is based on the CNMAT example code in:
>http://cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/src/ although an
>older version.
>
>Recently it was brought to our attention, that much of the the code on
>the CNMAT OSC site - contrary to the text on the OSC homepage - is
>*not* distributed under an open source license, but instead restricts
>use to "educational, research, and not-for-profit purposes". Any other
>use, for example distribution of the source code on Linux distribution
>CDs or whatever, is prohibited by the OSC code license.
>
>Now, as the OSC code doesn't come with a README including the license,
>but instead requires users to read the source code to find out about
>the "non-free"-ness and the usage restrictions, we made the mistake of
>including the OSC for Pd code in the Sourceforge CVS.  (Mistake,
>because Sourceforge requires an open source license for hosted
>projects.)
>
>As OSC is a very useful protocol (who am I telling this) we would
>still like to maintain a somehow Max-compatible set of OSC externals
>for Pd. But the license of the upstream code now forces us to either
>a) reimplement the protocol as real open source externals, probably
>using Steve's GPL'd liblo or b) wait for a change of the upstream
>code's license, which would of course spare us a lot of work.
>
>Now my question is: Will the OSC code in above URL get an open source
>compatible license in the forseeable future?
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Ciao
>--
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__
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