no license

[boa-cp]

This project has no license, thus it can't be used in any software

[rajkundu]

@trlsmax Do you have any preference? As far as I am aware, ImGui has an MIT license, and VTK has a BSD 3-clause license. They both seem to be extremely similar (see "BSD 3-Clause License vs. the MIT License" on this blog post) and very permissive.

Since imgui-vtk is an extension - not a redistribution or repackaging - of ImGui/VTK, I think you can use almost any license. If you are open to suggestions, I think assigning an MIT license to this repo through GitHub would be a good, quick, and easy option.

[boa-cp]

Dear Raj,

Thank you for the answer. The issue is that the license should be explicitly mentioned in the repository of the code. The code licence can't be deduced from any source but should be explicitly mentioned/defined. Could you put the license you want in the repository? Otherwise, the code is supposed to be private and it means that any use is illegal. I think the MIT licence is an excellent choice.

regards Igal

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 11:30 AM Raj Kundu @.***> wrote:

@trlsmax https://github.com/trlsmax Do you have any preference? As far as I am aware, ImGui has an MIT license https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/LICENSE.txt, and VTK has a BSD 3-clause license https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/tree/master#license. They both seem to be extremely similar (see "BSD 3-Clause License vs. the MIT License" on this blog post https://fossa.com/blog/open-source-software-licenses-101-bsd-3-clause-license) and very permissive.

Since imgui-vtk is an extension - not a redistribution or repackaging - of ImGui/VTK, I think you can use almost any license. If you are open to suggestions, I think assigning an MIT license to this repo through GitHub would be a good, quick, and easy option.

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[rajkundu]

Hi Igal,

I agree with you and understand your concerns. Unfortunately, I do not have write privileges to this repository and cannot assign the license myself; only @trlsmax currently has the ability to do so.

[boa-cp]

Thank you. Thus there is no solution :)

On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 8:51 PM Raj Kundu @.***> wrote:

Hi Igal,

I agree with you and understand your concerns. Unfortunately, I do not have write privileges to this repository and cannot assign the license myself; only @trlsmax https://github.com/trlsmax currently has the ability to do so.

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[rajkundu]

I think the omission of a license in this repository was merely an oversight, not an indication of copyright ownership. The point of collaborating and publishing code publicly, on GitHub, is for others to benefit, and I think the others contributors imgui-vtk would agree. However, since I cannot be 100% sure of anything, we are a bit stuck until they can provide their explicit consent.

Now, the changes I made to imgui-vtk in my own fork removed pretty much everything except the VtkViewer class, which I then upgraded in a few ways. As far as I understand, @MorcilloSanz single-handedly wrote the original version of the VtkViewer class. @MorcilloSanz, would you be agreeable to an MIT license for your contributions? If so, I am happy to make my fork MIT-licensed so that people can continue to use imgui-vtk until we resolve this issue here.

[MorcilloSanz]

Hello,

Yes, I was who wrote the first implementation of VtkViewer class and I also think the purpose of this repository is for others benefit I also think the MIT license is the best choice (at least is the one that I prefer), so if you want, go ahead. But @trlsmax has to accept the pull request.

Best whises!

[rajkundu]

@MorcilloSanz Thank you for your prompt response! I have added the MIT License to my repository, so everyone is free to use my fork of imgui-vtk accordingly.

Importantly, with the merging of #14, trlsmax/imgui-vtk is now based on my fork - not the other, more usual, way around. Thus, both repositories now entirely consist of code written by either @MorcilloSanz or me, both of whom have agreed to use of the MIT license.

[boa-cp]

Raj and Alberto,

Thank you very much for the solution!

regards Igal

On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 10:11 PM Raj Kundu @.***> wrote:

@MorcilloSanz https://github.com/MorcilloSanz Thank you for your prompt response! I have added the MIT License to my repository, so everyone is free to use my fork of imgui-vtk https://github.com/rajkundu/imgui-vtk accordingly.

Importantly, with the merging of #14 https://github.com/trlsmax/imgui-vtk/pull/14, trlsmax/imgui-vtk is now based on my fork - not the other, more usual, way around. Thus, both repositories now entirely consist of code written by either @MorcilloSanz https://github.com/MorcilloSanz or me, both of whom have agreed to use of the MIT license.

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[rajkundu]

Max kindly gave me permission to be a contributor to this repository as well as to officially give it an MIT license. So, this issue should be fixed by 176ce5a. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, @boa-cp!