[PD] [expr] license issue (update)

[Jonathan Wilkes]

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>just a quick update on the behind the scenes work i have been doing to see if we can get [expr] under the BSD license.
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>Firstly, i have been in contact on several occasions with Apple, in regards to their position on LGPL software in their apps.  They have really given me the runaround, and even after many mails and calls to different departments, my request of a yes/no answer on LGPL has always left me simply being shoved off to another department, who won't give me a yes/no either.  They are basically telling me that if i need to know this simple fact, that i need to hire a lawyer.  Which is ludicrous. 
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>So, that's the "discouraging" news.
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>The not so discouraging news, is that i have spoken with a few people involved with the jMax software, upon which the expr code is based.  I have of course, also been speaking with Shahrokh Yadegari, and the good news is that i have yet to speak to anyone who is not in favour of helping with a change to the BSD license.  In the best case, we might be able to get permission for the applicable jMax code to be relicensed under the BSD.  This would mean that no code re-write would be necessary, and the change to BSD would be quite smooth (hopefully!)


IRCAM is listed as the copyright holder at the top of the relevant c files, so wouldn't you need explicit permission 

directly from IRCAM to change the license?


(You also need to contact devs who added functionality and fixed any bugs in the expr code.)


-Jonathan

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>Anyway, it's a slow process, waiting for email replies, and then sending off the next mail...but there appears to be some light coming from the end of the tunnel.  We're just not exactly which source that light comes from right now, but hopefully all will clear up eventually.
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>I doubt we'll be able to get this matter fully resolved by the end of this year, but hopefully when the winter break is over we can see more clearly what steps need to be taken.
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