Software License?

[jlgreathouse]

Thanks for making this benchmark suite available. One question: I don't see any licensing information for this software.

Assuming that this code is based off QuantLib, which is available under a modified BSD license, is that also the case for FinanceBench? Or is it made available through some other licensing scheme?

Thanks.

[sgrauerg6]

Hey,

As far as I know there are no major issues/restrictions with others using the code, so can consider it to have the same modified BSD license as Quantlib.

-Scott

[jlgreathouse]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the quick reply. Would adding a LICENSE fail to the root directory with something like this work for you? The reason I've copied two BSD licenses in, rather than just appending the Univ. of Delaware copyright to the original QuantLib license, is that QuantLib's major modification to the 3-clause BSD license is to add the name of their software into the license (e.g. "QuantLib is (copyright info)" and "Neither the names of the copyright holders nor the names of the QuantLib Group ...".

Because your software is FinanceBench, rather than QuantLib, I've copied a new 3-clause BSD in explicitly saying this is the license for FinanceBench.

If that works for you, I can do a pull request with this LICENSE file.

Copyright (C) 2013-2014 University of Delaware.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

FinanceBench is based in part on QuantLib. QuantLib is
    Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap srl
    Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 StatPro Italia srl
    Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Ferdinando Ametrano

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    Copyright (C) 2004 Jeff Yu

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    Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Banca Profilo S.p.A.
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    Copyright (C) 2007 Affine Group Limited

QuantLib includes code taken from Peter Jäckel's book "Monte Carlo
Methods in Finance".

QuantLib includes software developed by the University of Chicago,
as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory.

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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    Neither the names of the copyright holders nor the names of the QuantLib
    Group and its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

[willkill07]

LICENSE file is now in the root of the repository.