Great News!!
--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Manjusha Joshi msj@bprim.org Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM Subject: [FOSS-in-Science] Scilab is now a 100% free software To: foss-in-science@mm.gnu.org.in
Hello,
Following link says about scilab license: http://www.scilab.org/changes_5/
License changed to CeCILL (fully compatible with the GPL v2) More information about the CeCILL Therefore, Scilab is now a 100% free software.
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.comwrote:
Great News!!
--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Manjusha Joshi msj@bprim.org Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM Subject: [FOSS-in-Science] Scilab is now a 100% free software To: foss-in-science@mm.gnu.org.in
Hello,
Following link says about scilab license: http://www.scilab.org/changes_5/
License changed to CeCILL (fully compatible with the GPL v2) More information about the CeCILL Therefore, Scilab is now a 100% free software.
Good news. :-)
Cheers.
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Sri Ramadoss M
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:17 PM, ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்|Sri Ramadoss M amachu@ubuntu.com wrote:
Good news. :-)
It is old news (Sept).
Anyway take a look at this section of CECILL;
"5.2. ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt, arrange, or make any or all modification to the Software, and the right to reproduce the resulting Software.
The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contribution to the Software provided that it explicitly mentions its name as the author of said Contribution and the date of the development thereof."
It does not say anything about version numbers and such. A weak point.
Best
A. Mani
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