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danbelsky / DunedinPACE

Code to implement the DunedinPACE scoring algorithm in Illumina 450k or EPIC array data
GNU General Public License v3.0
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License #38

Open u66u opened 4 months ago

u66u commented 4 months ago

Hello and big thanks for your amazing work!

To clarify about the license: is it permitted to use the algorithm to provide free dunedinPace results to people who bring their own data?

danbelsky commented 4 months ago

My understanding is that all non-research uses of DunedinPACE must be approved by TruDiagnostics, which holds the exclusive commercial license for DunedinPACE.

If you can provide some details about your use case, I can bring the issue to the IP Office at Duke, which manages the license.

Dan

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Hello and big thanks for your amazing work!

To clarify about the license: is it permitted to use the algorithm to provide free dunedinPace results to people who bring their own data?

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karoliskoncevicius commented 3 months ago

If I am not missing anything the repository currently seems to have a contradiction between GNU GPL license (the LICENSE file in the repository), and the notice at the beginning of the README file.

danbelsky commented 3 months ago

Hi Karolis,

Thanks for your interest!

Can you say a bit more? I am not sure I follow

Dan

On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 2:59 PM Karolis Koncevičius @.***> wrote:

If I am not missing anything the repository currently seems to have a contradiction between GNU GPL license (the LICENSE file in the repository), and the notice at the beginning of the README file.

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karoliskoncevicius commented 3 months ago

Hi Dan,

The repository has a LICENSE file, which holds GNU General Public License v3. As a result this license is applied to the current repository and is, for example, also listed under the "About" section on the right side bar.

GNU GPL license is a license saying that every user has a right to do whatever he or she wants with the source code, with the main requirement being that all modifications of the source code also adhere to GNU GPL license. By contrast the statement in the README says that commercial users cannot use the clock without permission from the licensee.

Hence a contradiction. I am not a lawyer and this is not my expertise, but seems like currently the license and the statement disagree with each other. In short - you might want to modify/change the LICENSE file.

danbelsky commented 3 months ago

Thanks for the heads up! We will review this with the Duke legal team overseeing the license.

Dan

On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 3:11 PM Karolis Koncevičius @.***> wrote:

Hi Dan,

The repository has a LICENSE file, which holds GNU General Public License v3. As a result this license is applied to the current repository and is, for example, also listed under the "About" section on the right side bar.

GNU GPL license is a license saying that every user has a right to do whatever he or she wants with the source code, with the main requirement being that all modifications of the source code also adhere to GNU GPL license. By contrast the statement in the README says that commercial users cannot use the clock without permission from the licensee.

Hence a contradiction. I am not a lawyer and this is not my expertise, but seems like currently the license and the statement disagree with each other. In short - you might want to modify/change the LICENSE file.

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