ICODE-ADC/lammps
4
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

small tweak to license text

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Axel Kohlmeyer
2024-08-20 21:12:14 -04:00
parent 72a7634dec
commit 77f19f1dc9
1 changed files with 10 additions and 8 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

18
doc/src/Intro_opensource.rst
View File

@ -34,18 +34,20 @@ choose, including for commercial purposes.
(2) If you **distribute** a modified version of LAMMPS, it must remain
open-source, meaning you are required to distribute **all** of it under
the terms of the GPL. You should clearly annotate such a modified code
as a derivative version of LAMMPS.
the terms of the GPLv2. You should **clearly** annotate such a modified
code as a derivative version of LAMMPS. This is best done by changing
the name (example: LIGGGHTS is such a modified and extended version of
LAMMPS).
(3) If you release any code that includes or uses LAMMPS source code,
then it must also be open-sourced, meaning you distribute it under
the terms of the GPL. You may write code that interfaces LAMMPS to
a differently licensed library. In that case the code that provides
the interface must be licensed GPL, but not necessarily that library
then it must also be open-sourced, meaning you distribute it under the
terms of the GPLv2. You may write code that interfaces LAMMPS to a
differently licensed library. In that case the code that provides the
interface must be licensed GPLv2, but not necessarily that library
unless you are distributing binaries that require the library to run.
(4) If you give LAMMPS files to someone else, the GPL LICENSE file and
source file headers (including the copyright and GPL notices) should
(4) If you give LAMMPS files to someone else, the GPLv2 LICENSE file and
source file headers (including the copyright and GPLv2 notices) should
remain part of the code.