This event is a part of the "Best Practices for HPC Software Developers" webinar series, produced by the IDEAS Productivity Project. The HPC Best Practices webinars address issues faced by developers of computational science and engineering (CSE) software on high-performance computers (HPC) and occur approximately monthly.
| Resource Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Webinar Title | Introduction to Software Licensing |
| Date and Time | 2018-12-05 01:00 pm EST |
| Presenter | David E. Bernholdt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| Registration, Information, and Archives | https://ideas-productivity.org/resources/series/hpc-best-practices-webinars/#webinar024 |
Webinars are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required through the Event website. Archives (recording, slides, Q&A) will be posted at the same link soon after the event.
Abstract
Software licensing and related matters of intellectual property can often seem confusing or hopelessly complicated, especially when many present their opinions as dogma. This presentation takes a different approach: getting you to think about software licensing from the standpoint of what you want others to be able to do (or not do) with your software. We will start by developing a common understanding of the terminology used around software licenses. Then we’ll consider various scenarios of what you might want to accomplish with a software license, and what to look for in the license. We’ll also discuss some pragmatic issues around actually applying a license to your software. A list of resources will be provided to help with further exploration of these topics.
Presenter Bio
David Bernholdt is a Distinguished R&D Staff Member and Group Leader for Computer Science Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests involve software environments for scientific computing, broadly interpreted.
