CAMS

Rafael Bailon-Ruiz wrote:

Inconsistent licensing¶

nephelae_base, nephelae_mesonh and nephelae_paparazzi have the BSD 3-clause

nephelae_gui, nephelae_planner and nephelae_utils don't have any license

No explicit license for the source code = Privative software, therefore no one can use it besides LAAS employees.

Incompatible license¶

Paparazzi is provided with the GNU version 2 or later license. This means CAMS has to be GNU version 2 or later because we use the pprzlink library.

Proposed solution¶

Hence, we should find an adequate ( libre of course!) software license for CAMS. Potential candidates:

• GPLv3+
• AGPLv3+

We can stay on GPL for CAMS or move to AGPL in this particular case as it is adapted to programs used on servers. Because CAMS has a very strong web dimension choosing AGPL provides end users with a guarantee of getting access to the source code. Regular GPL only requires providing the sources with the binary code but not when the program is used through a network...

I think none of the paparazzi developers will sue LAAS, but we need to think about future potential users of CAMS that could be in danger due to our licensing malpractice!

Rafa, yesterday (Thu. Nov. the 12th) I talked to Gautier about this. He said there was no issue, as we are only linked to Ivy, which has a BSD-like license. He also said you might get back to him about this.