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Re: [science-iwg] Top Level Project update 
Sorry Andrea, I did not see you message until later :) I meant something like this https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/225:_Open_Source

I remember we briefly discussed hosting a site for our LGPL dependencies. We could do some shared mechanism for downloading these if need be. I’m not sure how it would work for GPL licensed binaries. If you link to these you’re infected, so you need to use them by starting a separate process. For example the way CDT works with GCC.

Torkild

> 20. apr. 2016 kl. 22.03 skrev Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> Nope, not a clue. Something about using LGPL on ourselves and getting a GPL infection. Is that an STD or something? ;-)
> 
> Joking aside, I'm also in the "No GPL" camp. However, waxing philosophical for a second if I may, it does bring up an interesting computational science question about dealing with "mainstay" codes like FFTW that have a GPL license. That's not a code that could be simply reinvented, and it powers a large portion of computational science. Again, just pondering.
> 
> Jay
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> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Torkild Ulvøy Resheim <torkildr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 20. apr. 2016 kl. 21.52 skrev Torkild Ulvøy Resheim <torkildr@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> > I’m quite certain we will only be able to use ourselves to LGPL or equivalent licenses (if that) as GPL is quite infectious[1].
> I think I’m senior enough to get a secretary to do grammar checks etc., but I’m not having any hopes. I think you got what I meant. Sorry.
> 
> Torkild
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