The OpenSees Community

I e-mailed PEER and this is part of the response they gave me today: "The intent of the copyright is to allow anybody to use and do with what they want the code with the exception of software developers wishing to include opensees code in software they sell. It was drafted by UC lawyers. The intent ...

I guess I'm surprised they can charge for it, since maintenance funding came from the National Science Foundation: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0402490 https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9701568 That doesn't seem right if federal taxpayer dollars funded it - but wha...

I have the same question. ponczek, that’s not how I read the license. I’m inclined to believe mhscott’s response, unless something changed since February, as he is actively involved with OpenSees development. I think “internal use” just means you’re not selling the code itself. Running calculations ...

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