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embotech / ecos

A lightweight conic solver for second-order cone programming.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Change ECOS license to Apache #210

Open adomahidi opened 2 years ago

adomahidi commented 2 years ago

As a response to several requests from the community, Embotech has decided to change the license of ECOS and its related repositories (ecos-python etc.) from GPLv3 to Apache v2, to make sure it is useful to as many people as possible.

@Isitar @dbregman I couldn't find your email, please ping me since we would need the attached Contributor License Agreement signed. A scan is enough ECOS Contributor License Agreement.pdf .

All other contributors with more than 100 LoC have been contacted via email directly.

dbregman commented 2 years ago

Hi. I applaud the license being changed to a more permissive one, but I don't feel a need to read a bunch of legal fine print and sign my name to it. I will just tell you right here that I have absolutely zero interest in asserting any rights I may have on any ecos code, and that I hereby waive any and all such rights -- please feel completely free to go ahead and use my code for whatever.

benozadka commented 2 years ago

Hello, Are there any updates regarding this issue? Perhaps is there an option to modify the license to Apache v2 for older forks?

markusgft commented 1 year ago

Dear all, in search for a permissively licensed SOCP solver I came across this thread. Please allow me to ask a follow-up question - the top-level README still states a GPL license. Will ecos be eventually released under Apache v2, is it worth waiting for this (@adomahidi)? Thank you very much in advance and best regards!