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Subject: Re: License for CDAT software
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:40:24 -0700
From: Denis Nadeau <nade...@llnl.gov>
To: Williams, Dean N. <william...@llnl.gov>, Alastair McKinstry
<alastair.mckins...@sceal.ie>, Rogers, Leah L. <roger...@llnl.gov>,
dr...@llnl.gov <dr...@llnl.gov>
CC: Taylor, Karl E. <taylo...@llnl.gov>
Hi Alastair,
I should be releasing cmor 3.1 this week for CMIP6 project. You can
take a loot at the "beta" code here:
https://github.com/PCMDI/cmor/tree/cmor3
I am still working on the documentation and will make sure that the
copyright has been refreshed.
I'll get the announcement for the 3.1 release.
Regards,
Denis
On 6/13/16 6:34 AM, Williams, Dean N. wrote:
> Dear Alastair:
>
> Both Leah and Bob have left LLNL. Denis is now in charge of the
> development of CMOR. I am surprised to see the 1996 copyright and Bob
> Drach as the author.
>
> In any case, it is okay to use CMOR independent of UV-CDAT. It is
> still under the same BSD open-souruce license agreement.
>
> Best regards,
> Dean
>
> From: Alastair McKinstry <alastair.mckins...@sceal.ie
> <mailto:alastair.mckins...@sceal.ie>>
> Date: Monday, June 13, 2016 at 4:25 AM
> To: "Rogers, Leah L." <roger...@llnl.gov <mailto:roger...@llnl.gov>>,
> Dean Williams <william...@llnl.gov <mailto:william...@llnl.gov>>,
> "dr...@llnl.gov <mailto:dr...@llnl.gov>" <dr...@llnl.gov
> <mailto:dr...@llnl.gov>>
> Subject: Re: License for CDAT software
>
> Dear Leah,
>
> Some time ago you gave some reassurances (below) on the distribution
> of the CMOR software. Thank you for this. However two questions have
> arisen that I hope you can clarify.
>
> (1) A user has pointed out certain files included in CMOR have the header:
>
> c Copyright: 1996, Regents of the University of California
> c This software may not be distributed to others without
> c permission of the author.
> c
> c Author: Bob Drach, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> c dr...@llnl.gov
>
> Can you confirm that it is acceptable to distribute these with the
> assurance / caveat given previously?
>
> (2) The libcmor library is also usable independent of CDAT and some
> users have started linking against it in their applications; eg. the
> popular 'cdo' climate data operators utility has experimental
> functionality to to 'cmorization' using the libcmor library. Unless a
> copy of CDAT is shipped with 'cdo' this would technically be a breach
> of the licensing terms, which is unlikely to be what anyone intends.
>
> Would it be possible then to state that (1) is covered by the previous
> agreement and that (2) shipping a copy of CDAT with libcmor is not
> required?
>
> Best regards
> Alastair McKinstry
>
>
> On 04/06/2010 00:40, Rogers, Leah L. wrote:
>>
>> Dear Alistair,
>>
>> Dean tells me that you also are interested in distributing CMOR as
>> well as CDAT. CMOR is approved for unrestricted release which is not
>> an official open source license, but from our institution’s
>> perspective we are supportive of it being included in your Debian
>> distribution along with CDAT. I will be happy to work with you to
>> achieve this. Feel free to call me at 925 422 3538 if you would like
>> to discuss it by phone. All the best, Leah
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:*Dean N. Williams [mailto:william...@llnl.gov]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:50 PM
>> *To:* Alastair McKinstry
>> *Cc:* Rogers, Leah L.
>> *Subject:* Re: License for CDAT software
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll have Leah Rogers get back to you after next week.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 29, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Dean,
>>
>> Thanks for replying so quickly! I would be very happy if it can be
>> confirmed that CDAT is available
>> under the BSD license. From:
>> *http://*www2-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cdat/docs/cdat-license/?searchterm=None
>> *I was afraid that the "No commercialisation" clause would conflict
>> with the "Free distribution" clause
>> of the Debian (and Ubuntu) Free software guidelines:
>> http://*www.*debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
>>
>> If an appropriate legal person at LLNL can say they are happy that
>> CDAT is distributed with
>> Debian (and derivatives) as per the DFSG pointed to, then thats great
>>
>> Best regards
>> Alastair
>>
>> On 2010-05-29 19:13, Dean N. Williams wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alastair,
>>
>>
>>
>> CDAT is BSD licensed, so I don't understand your question. I cc'ed
>> our LLNL legal person to confirm this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, I would like to thank you for including CDAT in the
>> distribution of Debian, and Ubuntu...
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 29, 2010, at 6:13 AM, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
>>
>>
