[Numpy-discussion] Default builds of OpenBLAS development branch are now fork safe

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's only a problem in that the binary will not be BSD, and we do need to
> communicate that appropriately. It will contain a significant component that
> is MPL2 licensed. The terms that force us to include the link to the Eigen
> source that we used forces downstream redistributors of the binary to do the
> same. Now, of all the copyleft licenses, this is certainly the most
> friendly, but it is not BSD.

I think the binary would be BSD because of section 3.2:

"You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter the
recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License."

I think this is specifically saying - as long as our license (BSD)
does not try and limit access to Eigen source, we can distribute our
binary under our license.

Cheers,

Matthew