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ql-license: QuantLib License
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license - QuantLib License
QuantLib is
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap srl
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Nicolas Di Césaré
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Sadruddin Rejeb
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Decillion Pty(Ltd)
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Ferdinando Ametrano
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Copyright (C) 2003 Kawanishi Tomoya
Copyright (C) 2004 FIMAT Group
Copyright (C) 2004 M-Dimension Consulting Inc.
Copyright (C) 2004 Mike Parker
Copyright (C) 2004 Walter Penschke
Copyright (C) 2004 Gianni Piolanti
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Klaus Spanderen
Copyright (C) 2004 Jeff Yu
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2008 Toyin Akin
Copyright (C) 2005 Sercan Atalik
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Theo Boafo
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Piter Dias
Copyright (C) 2005 Gary Kennedy
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Joseph Wang
Copyright (C) 2005 Charles Whitmore
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Banca Profilo S.p.A.
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Marco Bianchetti
Copyright (C) 2006 Yiping Chen
Copyright (C) 2006 Warren Chou
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Cristina Duminuco
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Giorgio Facchinetti
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Chiara Fornarola
Copyright (C) 2006 Silvia Frasson
Copyright (C) 2006 Richard Gould
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Mark Joshi
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Allen Kuo
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Roland Lichters
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Katiuscia Manzoni
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Mario Pucci
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 François du Vignaud
Copyright (C) 2007 Affine Group Limited
Copyright (C) 2007 Richard Gomes
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Laurent Hoffmann
Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Chris Kenyon
Copyright (C) 2007 Gang Liang
Copyright (C) 2008 Jose Aparicio
Copyright (C) 2008 Yee Man Chan
Copyright (C) 2008 Charles Chongseok Hyun
Copyright (C) 2008 Paul Farrington
Copyright (C) 2008 Lorella Fatone
Copyright (C) 2008 Andreas Gaida
Copyright (C) 2008 Marek Glowacki
Copyright (C) 2008 Florent Grenier
Copyright (C) 2008 Frank Hövermann
Copyright (C) 2008 Simon Ibbotson
Copyright (C) 2008 John Maiden
Copyright (C) 2008 Francesca Mariani
Copyright (C) 2008 Master IMAFA - Polytech'Nice Sophia -
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
Copyright (C) 2008 Andrea Odetti
Copyright (C) 2008 J. Erik Radmall
Copyright (C) 2008 Maria Cristina Recchioni
Copyright (C) 2008 Ralph Schreyer
Copyright (C) 2008 Roland Stamm
Copyright (C) 2008 Francesco Zirilli
QuantLib includes code taken from Peter Jäckel's book 'Monte Carlo Methods in Finance'.
QuantLib includes software developed by the University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the names of the copyright holders nor the names of the QuantLib
Group and its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 'AS IS' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Comments on Copyright and License
QuantLib is Non-Copylefted Free Software [1] released under the modified BSD License [2] (also know as XFree86-style license).
QuantLib is Open Source [3] because of its license: it is OSI Certified Open Source Software [4]. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative [5].
The modified BSD License is GPL compatible as confirmed by the Free Software Foundation [6].
This license has been adopted to allow free use of QuantLib and its source, to make QuantLib flourish as a free-software/open-source project. It allows proprietary extensions to be commercialized.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware