[Scilab-Dev] Re: and idea for the development of Scipad

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,

> I started from the code you provided. I have now a working solution 
> but I didn't commit yet because of licensing issues (see details below).
I see an other small problem before :)
A SEP should have been rewritten before. I know there is no guidelines
for this now but having the same kind of SEP that we did before would be
great for the integration of this new function.

> Now the real issue I see:
> 
> 5. I have placed help_from_sci.sci in SCI/modules/helptools/macros and 
> the corresponding help file in SCI/modules/helptools/help/en_US
> I really believe this function belongs to the help module rather than 
> to the Scipad module.
> 
> However, this poses a problem with respect to the license. You have 
> selected GPL for your files, but the help module is licensed under the 
> Cecill license. I don't know whether it's possible to add a GPL'ed 
> macro inside a Cecill module.
> 
> ----> *Opteam, please advise on this.*
> 
> Fallback solution #1: I could integrate your help_from_sci.* files in 
> the Scipad module, which is GPL. But as said above I really think that 
> functionally speaking they belong to the help module.
> 
> Fallback solution #2: Would you be willing to change the license of 
> your files to the Cecill license?
Except if Torbjørn refuses, that would be the best way to go.

Even if GPL & CeCILL are compatible, I prefer to keep as much as
possible a consistency in the module.

Sylvestre