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Commit 6e6c522e authored by Christophe Geuzaine's avatar Christophe Geuzaine
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add exception to allow linking with OpenCASCADE with its own incompatible license (OCTPL)

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Gmsh is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License Gmsh is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(GPL), Version 2 or later, with the following exception: (GPL), Version 2 or later, with the following exception:
The copyright holders of Gmsh give you permission to combine Gmsh The copyright holders of Gmsh give you permission to combine Gmsh
with code included in the standard release of TetGen (from Hang Si), with code included in the standard release of TetGen (from Hang Si),
Netgen (from Joachim Sch"oberl), Chaco (from Bruce Hendrickson and Netgen (from Joachim Sch"oberl), Chaco (from Bruce Hendrickson and
Robert Leland at Sandia National Laboratories) and METIS (from Robert Leland at Sandia National Laboratories), METIS (from
George Karypis at the University of Minnesota) under their George Karypis at the University of Minnesota) and OpenCASCADE (from
respective licenses. You may copy and distribute such a system Open CASCADE S.A.S) under their respective licenses. You may copy
following the terms of the GNU GPL for Gmsh and the licenses of the and distribute such a system following the terms of the GNU GPL
other code concerned, provided that you include the source code of for Gmsh and the licenses of the other code concerned, provided
that other code when and as the GNU GPL requires distribution of that you include the source code of that other code when and as the
source code. GNU GPL requires distribution of source code.
Note that people who make modified versions of Gmsh are not Note that people who make modified versions of Gmsh are not
obligated to grant this special exception for their modified obligated to grant this special exception for their modified
versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU General versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU General
Public License gives permission to release a modified version Public License gives permission to release a modified version
without this exception; this exception also makes it possible to without this exception; this exception also makes it possible to
release a modified version which carries forward this exception. release a modified version which carries forward this exception.
End of exception. End of exception.
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