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ESGF / esgf-download

ESGF data transfer and replication tool
https://esgf.github.io/esgf-download/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Add a License #20

Closed Zeitsperre closed 1 year ago

Zeitsperre commented 1 year ago

Addresses comments raised in #17

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The "public" that was previously written does not really provide any guidance, so here's a proposal for a BSD 3-Clause license.

I have no idea whether this license is acceptable for IPSL's purposes. Within my organization, we tend to adopt projects using the Apache v2.0 license, but seeing that there are no corporate logos within this project, BSD 3-Clause is likely fine for most corporate Free/Open Source projects (but IMO a much stronger copyleft license would be great!).

Some more discussion: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/how-to-choose-an-open-source-license/

svenrdz commented 1 year ago

Thank you for contributing!

We discussed licensing with my colleagues here at IPSL, and since BSD-3-Clause seems to be most common across ESGF tools, every one agreed to go with it.