msdubrovin
commented
8 years ago Hi Brian, Thank you for recommendations. LICENSE is changed to "SLAC Modified BSD" style. Mikhail
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Brian Van Klaveren < notifications@github.com> wrote:
As a rule, GPL and similar (LGPL, AGPL) licenses are not appropriate licenses for SLAC software projects. There are exceptions to this, but for the majority of SLAC projects, you should use a "Modified BSD" style license, and generally shy away from *GPL licenses unless.
An example of an approved license given to us by SLAC legal is here: https://github.com/slaclab/datacat/blob/master/LICENSE
You'll probably want to update the copyright date and disregard the disclaimer at the end for your project.
— You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/slaclab/lclslib/issues/1, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe/AFy2yEwsAbEwaI_O8BR_eKXy3HFlpYAtks5qOw31gaJpZM4I9ULp .
As a rule, GPL and similar (LGPL, AGPL) licenses are not appropriate licenses for SLAC software projects. There are exceptions to this, but for the majority of SLAC projects, you should use a "Modified BSD" style license, and generally shy away from *GPL licenses unless.
An example of an approved license given to us by SLAC legal is here: https://github.com/slaclab/datacat/blob/master/LICENSE
You'll probably want to update the copyright date and disregard the disclaimer at the end for your project.