[Users] Einstein Toolkit Meeting Reminder

[Barry Wardell]

Below is a list of licenses currently specified by thorns in
CactusNumerical and CactusUtils. I haven't checked the other arrangements,
but these two arrangements seem to be pretty inhomogeneous in their
specified license, and most currently do not specify LGPL.

CactusNumerical:
* Cartoon2D: LGPL in README
* Dissipation: None
* InterpToArray: None
* LocalInterp: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is Cactus GPLv2 + extra
Cactus clause
* LocalInterp2: LGPLv3
* LocalReduce: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is Cactus GPLv2 + extra
Cactus clause
* MoL: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is GPLv2 + extra Cactus clause
* Noise: None
* Norms: None
* Periodic: GPLv2
* RelectionSymmetry: GPLv3
* RotatingSymmetry180: GPLv3
* RotatingSymmetry90: GPLv3
* Slab: GPLv2
* SlabTest: GPLv2
* SpaceMask: LGPL in README but COPYRIGHT file is GPL + extra Cactus clause
* SphericalSurface: GPLv2
* SummationByParts: GPLv2
* TestLocalInterp2: GPLv3 in README
* TestLocalReduce: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is GPL + extra Cactus
clause

CactusUtils:
* Acccelerator: None
* Formaline: GPLv2
* MPICompat: LGPL in README
* MemSpeed: LGPL2.1
* NaNCatcher: GPLv2
* NaNChecker: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is Cactus GPLv2 + extra Cactus
clause
* Nice: GPLv2+
* NoMPI: GPL in README
* OpenCLRuntime: None
* SystemTopology: LGPL in README, GPLv2 in COPYING
* TerminationTrigger: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is Cactus GPLv2 +
extra Cactus clause
* TimerReport: LGPL in README, COPYRIGHT file is Cactus GPLv2 + extra
Cactus clause
* Vectors: GPL in README
* Watchdog: LGPLv2



On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu>
wrote:

> For Cactus, it is very important that the licence is not standard GPL, as
> this would make it impossible to use standard Cactus thorns with arbitrary
> other licences. Cactus needs to be open, and the GPL places too tight a
> restriction on codes that use Cactus. Of course, this hold only for the
> standard Cactus thorns (the thorns in arrangements with names starting with
> "Cactus"); any thorns developed by others can of course be released (or
> not) under any licence they choose.
>
> The original formulation of the Cactus thorns' licence was somewhat
> misleading; I believe it used the standard GPL text, and then added a
> clause that using such a thorn in an application was also allowed. We later
> noticed that this is essentially the content of the LGPL, and thus changed
> all Cactus thorns to be released under the LGPL. This policy still stands.
> If we missed the licence text in a thorn, it should be corrected. If a new
> thorn was added with GPL as licence, then this needs to be discussed, and
> either the licence changed or the thorn be moved to an auxiliary
> arrangement (i.e. not be part of standard Cactus any more).
>
> -erik
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Frank Loeffler <knarf at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 11:18:44PM -0500, Frank Loeffler wrote:
>> > Please consider joining the weekly Einstein Toolkit phone call
>>
>> Present were Barry, Eloisa, Frank, Matt, Peter, Steve, and Zach.
>>
>> All present agreed that all Cactus thorns should be LGPL. This issue
>> came up because some thorns already in Cactus were found to contain GPL
>> license texts (https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1803#comment:7).
>> However, because of the lack of 'critical mass' on the call, this is
>> open for debate. If there will be none, this issue is assumed to be
>> dealt with.
>>
>> Zach reiterated his request for code review of the compatibility layer
>> thorns. All are encouraged to do so, and Frank volunteered.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
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