OCE now GPL licensed

[Kevin Kofler]

Richard Shaw wrote:
> It appears as of OpenCascade 6.7.0 [snip] that it is now gpl licensed.

Hooray! (LGPL version 2.1 + exception ("License: LGPLv2 with exceptions"), 
to be precise.) Finally a Free Software 3D CAD solution.

> (OCE 0.14)

However, that is unfortunately NOT true! Only OCE 0.15 and higher (current 
git master) have the new license. The current stable 0.14.1 is still 
licensed under the old proprietary license. OpenCascade 6.7.0 was imported 
only after OCE 0.14 was branched.

> I need to double check but I think that means that this can now move to
> Fedora proper.

As far as I can tell, it has been relicensed by the copyright holder, so 
there should be nothing preventing it from entering Fedora anymore. But only 
git master, or version 0.15 and higher when released, can be imported into 
Fedora, NOT 0.14.x or older.

        Kevin Kofler