Hi Morgan,
You're right, FSL 3.0 is not under the GPL; it is of course (and always
will be) freeware, but has restrictions on commercial use (as defined in
the license agreement). So - no change for non-commercial people.
This change happened primarily because the University (which holds all
the copyright) does generally not allow any of its copyrighted material
to be used commercially without sorting out licencing first. As stated
in the licence, if you are interested in developing FSL commercially,
please contact Isis Innovation [log in to unmask]
The BSD license is (in my view; please redirect any flames to /dev/null)
more liberal than GPL in that it does allow for commercial use of the
software as long as you ship sources.
enjoy!
Christian
Morgan Hough wrote:
> Great to see the new version. I am looking forward to learning all about
> it. A quick question though. Is FSL still licensed under GPL? It seems
> like there is a new Oxford license on the website but I haven't found
> anything that discusses the reason for the change. Can the Oxford
> license be construed as some sort of BSD license (it doesn't seem like
> it though). Thanks in advance.
>
> -Morgan
>
> Morgan Hough
> Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
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