[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of GiD-Aster - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.



address@hidden said:

> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Olivier Bounhoure <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: GiD-Aster
> System name: gid-aster
> Type: non-GNU
>
> Description:
> GiD-Aster is an interface which aims to permit using the finite elements 
> models made from the commercial software GiD

By commercial, do you mean proprietary?

Note that commercial does not mean proprietary. 

Free Software means that users have certain freedoms; it does
not mean zero price.  "Commercial" means "associated with
business"; a commercial program may be free or non-free,
depending on its license.  So it is a mistake to treat
"free" and "commercial" as contraries.  When a business
develops free software, that is free commercial software.

> with the GPLed solver Aster. It is made of a GiD problem type and
> his documentation. The global objective of this interface is to
> allow everyone to use a free solver (Code_Aster) instead of a
> commercial one like Nastran or Compass commercial solution provided
> by the GiD environement. I would like to point out that the CIMNE
> (who made GiD) explicitly gave up any right about problem types made
> by contributors.

Do you need any proprietary software to make use of yours?
Can you give details about that?


> References can be found at gid.cimne.upc.es for GiD and at www.code-aster.org 
> for Code_aster.
>
> The sources of the software are going to be sent by mail.

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Regards,


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Mathieu Roy

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