Le 2011-09-28 à 20:12:00, Simon Wise a écrit :
Many parts are more widely usable than the GPL allows, but you would need to check the license for that part before doing so ... the only thing that the distribution claims is that its contents are all compatible with GPL3.
I just downloaded Pd 0.42.5-extended binary for Ubuntu 10.10 and clicked about Pd. It says :
« Pd is copyrighted but is free for you to use for any reasonable purpose under the GNU GPL version 3 . Follow the link for more details about the license: »
and then when clicking, it says « Parts of this package can be used under Pd’s BSD license » at the top, not saying which part. Clicking on that link you get :
« This software is copyrighted by Miller Puckette and others. The following terms (the "Standard Improved BSD License") apply to all files associated with the software unless explicitly disclaimed in individual files: »
So, it does not acknowledge of any BSD code that isn't copyrighted by Miller, while not saying right away that Miller is the guy who holds the copyright to the core (not counting expr~), and it's confusing people by claiming GPL3 status in a way that would make people believe that the core part is GPL3 too.
I think a library was dropped recently because the license was too restrictive for GPL3.
Stating what the licensing goals are, is different from stating which license(s) are in used, in which parts of Pd-extended.
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