[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Bug#435214: Clarification of licensing terms of semidef-oct

[Stephen Boyd]

whatever is easiest.  i am happy with semidef_prog having either license.

Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * Lieven Vandenberghe <vandenbe at ee.ucla.edu> [2007-08-06 09:13]:
>
>   
>> I can see why our license is  ambiguous.   When we wrote it in 1994, we 
>> intended it to mean that the program is entirely free, for any purpose 
>> (including commercial) and without any restriction.  
>>
>> If it is easier if we switch to a standard free license, I would choose 
>> the LGPL.
>>     
>
> Thanks for your reply.  
>
> As regards the Debian package, the best situation would be that you do a new
> release of the software with the changed license. If you are not willing to
> do it because semidef_prog is already old software and not maintained
> anymore, I will release a new version of the package stating that it is 
> released now under the LGPL (if Stephen Boyd agrees, of course) and will add
> the URL of this bug report discussion [1].
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/435214
>
> Best regards,
>
>