Charm++ parallel programming system

[Phil Miller <mille121 AT illinois.edu>]

Yes, that's correct.

On Dec 12, 2016 12:56 PM, "Rafael Keller Tesser" <rktesser AT inf.ufrgs.br> wrote:

Hi,

Thanks, for your quick reply.

Let's see if I understand this right: I can publish the modified load
balancers with my code (which will be released under an open-source
license), but I need to note that the load balancers are still under
the Charm license.

Best,
Rafael

2016-12-12 15:58 GMT-02:00 Phil Miller <mille121 AT illinois.edu>:
> Hi Rafael,
>
> For purposes of scientific transparency and reproducibility, we're happy to
> let you publish your modified code under the established license for the
> system as a whole. Please consider this email a statement that we've
> authorized reproduction and distribution of the modified code as necessary.
> Please note in the files and your overall license statement that the
> Charm++-specific license applies to them.
>
> Phil Miller
> On behalf of Professor Kalé and the Charm++ development team.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Rafael Keller Tesser
> <rktesser AT inf.ufrgs.br> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have presented my work on a load balancing simulator based on AMPI
>> in the Charm++ Workshop, last April.
>>
>> Now, I have submitted this work to a conference, and my co-authors and
>> I would like to provide the simulator's code under and open-source
>> license, because we want to support open science.
>>
>> The problem is, however, that this simulator includes two modified
>> load balancers from Charm++ (RefineLB and GreedyLB). We could not
>> understand from the Charm++' license if we are allowed to open-source
>> our code including these load balancers.
>>
>> Could you please clarify this issue?
>> If not possible, is there some way to get an authorization to publish this
>> code?
>> Otherwise, could you suggest an alternative approach?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rafael Keller Tesser
>
>