Software Licenses
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Overview of SCEC Open-Source Software Licenses
SCEC scientific software is open-source in order to provide transparency into the scientific calculations performed by the code. Based on NSF funding requirements that we use an OSI approved open-source license, and the recommendations from USC Stevens Institute, we are standardizing our software licenses on BSD-3.
BSD-3 License Text for SCEC Software
USC Stevens reviewed and approved this version of the BSD-3 license for use with SCEC open-source software.
Software License Information
USC Stevens Software License Recommendations
Preferred Copyright Notice for Documentation
For end-users of SCEC software, documentation and training materials should included copyright notices. As a research organization, we recommend that SCEC software documentation is distributed under a Creative Commons copyright, described below.
This copyright notice permits copying and redistributing the material, remixing, and building upon it as long as the users give appropriate credit to the original authors. More details about this copyright are given on the CC pages.
