V-REP License compatibility with BSD-projects
Posted: 16 Mar 2018, 11:27
I'm trying to utilise V-REP to provide simulation capabilities for (some of) the currently available [MRPT](https://github.com/MRPT/mrpt) algorithms. MRPT is a project licensed under BSD. V-REP is dual-licensed (commercial and GPL) as described [here](http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFil ... ensing.htm).
If we assume that the code snippets to be implemented are to abide to the GPL licensed they should be explicitly separated from the BSD-licensed MRPT code (e.g., in a different repository). However, there seems to be the [V-REP remote API](http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFil ... erview.htm) which is [licensed under 3-Clause BSD](https://github.com/CoppeliaRobotics/rem ... icense.txt), i.e., different than the rest of V-REP, a license compatible with MRPT!
Is what I'm saying accurate so far?
Can we utilize the V-REP remote API in the BSD code without having to modify the license of the latter?
The question was originally published on stackoverflow.com - https://stackoverflow.com/posts/49318301
If we assume that the code snippets to be implemented are to abide to the GPL licensed they should be explicitly separated from the BSD-licensed MRPT code (e.g., in a different repository). However, there seems to be the [V-REP remote API](http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFil ... erview.htm) which is [licensed under 3-Clause BSD](https://github.com/CoppeliaRobotics/rem ... icense.txt), i.e., different than the rest of V-REP, a license compatible with MRPT!
Is what I'm saying accurate so far?
Can we utilize the V-REP remote API in the BSD code without having to modify the license of the latter?
The question was originally published on stackoverflow.com - https://stackoverflow.com/posts/49318301