[Osi] [Fwd: License upgrade: CPL to EPL migration approved for IBM projects on COIN-OR]

[Matthew Saltzman]

OSI project managers, developers, and users:

Pursuant to the announcement below, I plan to update the license for OSI
to the Eclipse Public License version 1.0.  This change will be made in
the trunk/ line in Subversion in the next couple of days, and will
propagate to a new stable version and accompanying release shortly after
that.  This process is also underway for CBC, CLP, CGL, CoinUtils, and
Vol (where IBM is a significant participant in the development
community) as well as other projects.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

Thanks.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Robin Lougee <rlougee at us.ibm.com>
> To: project-managers at list.coin-or.org, coin-slb at list.coin-or.org,
> coin-tlc at list.coin-or.org
> Subject: [Coin-slb] License upgrade: CPL to EPL migration approved for
> IBM projects on COIN-OR
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:55 -0500
> 
> 
> Dear All, 
> 
> Just wanted to let you know that  all the IBM-owned code licensed
> under the CPL version 1.0 on COIN-OR has been approved by IBM to
> migrate to the new version of the license, and the IBM-PM's are
> starting to make the license change.   
> 
> This is something that the community has been asking for.  I'm
> delighted the IBM-PMs have the green light they needed to move
> forward, and I hope all the CPL-code on COIN-OR will migrate to the
> new version of the license (i.e., EPL) to make it easier for those of
> us who would rather focus on algorithms rather than legal. 
> 
> Below is a little background and a few links if you want to know
> more. 
> 
> Happy Holidays, 
> Robin 
> 
> 
> Back ground 
> ------------------- 
> The license originally used by IBM for COIN-OR projects was the CPL
> (Common Public License) version 1.0.  The CPL  has been "deprecated
> and superseded" by the Ecplise Public License (EPL)...in other words,
> the CPL version 2.0 is the EPL.   This is goodness because the EPL,
> while similar, has  2 "new and improve" features: (i) the license
> steward is the Eclipse Foundation (not IBM) and  (ii) the EPL does not
> have the "defense termination clause" (i.e., the patent retaliation
> bit) which was rather draconian and a point of objection by some.
>  Like many licenses, the terms of the CPL version 1.0  has a
> provisions in the event the license steward modified the license.  The
> terms permits the Program to be distributed under a new version of the
> license (i.e., the EPL).  This means the license for CPL code can
> legally be switched to the EPL without needing any additional
> permission from the Contributors.  For more, see 
> http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/one-small-step-towardsand
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/ibm-passes-open-source-license-baton-to-eclipse/1043. 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robin Lougee, PhD
> Program Manager, COIN-OR
> IBM TJ Watson Research Center
> 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
> ph: 914-945-3032   fax: 914-945-3434 
> rlougee at us.ibm.com
> http://www.coin-or.org
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs