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Re: FAST C++ open-source contribution
Rolf Andersson / Pantor Engineering
23 Apr 2008 11:12PM ET Jim, I believe your description of the GPL licensing terms to be incorrect. I suggest you read up on the GPL license.
GPL allows commercial use.
Best,
Rolf
> When we created OpenFAST we worked closely with the folks from
> Cohesive and followed their recommendation in adopting the Mozilla.
> If you use GPL variants you will restrict adoption to non-commercial
> uses.
> Mozilla is reasonably strong in terms of requiring contributions to
> be given back or made available in source form.
>
> QuickFIX originally used a BSD type license as it was felt to be the
> most liberal in terms of usage - I assume the same license is in
> place.
>
> It really all depends on your goals - if you want people to be able
> to include your projects and be relatively unencumbered in their
> usage, other than providing back enhancements, Mozilla is right for
> you.
>
> If you want to share the code for educational purposes and don't
> want folks to be able to use it for commercial efforts - then GPL
> provides those restrictions.
Re: FAST C++ open-source contribution
Rolf Andersson / Pantor Engineering 23 Apr 2008 11:12PM ET
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