[B.A.T.M.A.N.] licence question

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] licence question

[Yury Shevchuk]

Greetings!

Could you please clarify which licence applies to B.A.T.M.A.N?
batman.c states it's GPL v2.  The site (https://www.open-mesh.net)
suggests it's Creative Commons
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/) which forbids
commercial use.

Why do I ask?  We are an ISP in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia and look
towards converting our little multispot WiFi network into a mesh.  Yes
we are commercial, but built entirely on free software.  May I use
B.A.T.M.A.N as a routing protocol?

Thanks,


-- Yury

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] licence question

[elektra]

Hello Yury -

the software is GPL'ed - the documentation is under Creative Commons. I
see that the website doesn't make this clear enough, so we  have changed
the note regarding the creative commons. You are not allowed to charge
money from others for selling/redistributing our *documentation*. You
can share it on a non-commercial base with everyone for sure.

You are welcome using our software for community, civil - non
surveillance - and commercial use. If you have any further questions we
are happy to ask them. Comments, experiences are welcome.

Happy routing!

cu elektra


> Greetings!
>
> Could you please clarify which licence applies to B.A.T.M.A.N?
> batman.c states it's GPL v2.  The site (https://www.open-mesh.net)
> suggests it's Creative Commons
> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/) which forbids
> commercial use.
>
> Why do I ask?  We are an ISP in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia and look
> towards converting our little multispot WiFi network into a mesh.  Yes
> we are commercial, but built entirely on free software.  May I use
> B.A.T.M.A.N as a routing protocol?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> -- Yury
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>
>   

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] licence question

[elektra]

>  If you have any further questions we
> are happy to ask them. 
Too much beer yesterday...

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] licence question

[yokoy]

hallo elektra,

> You are welcome using our software for community, civil - non
> surveillance - 
What do you mean? Is it GPL'ed or not?

> and commercial use. If you have any further questions we 
> are happy to ask them. 
:-)

I downloaded batman-III-0.2.0a and searched for the license. The software 
was "shipped" not including the GPL text. Is that GPL conform?
Ok, not really shipped, I downloaded it from openmesh.net. Never mind, it 
should be in the tar.  BTW, batman.c says it is GPL2.

yours,
yky