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[charm] Charm++ license change to fully open source

From: "Kale, Laxmikant V" <kale AT illinois.edu>
To: "charm AT lists.cs.illinois.edu" <charm AT lists.cs.illinois.edu>
Subject: [charm] Charm++ license change to fully open source
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:16:27 +0000
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This is just to let you know about the upcoming change. It shouldn’t negatively affect any existing users.

Charm++ license up till now, speaking informally, was “freely available in source code form for non-profit purposes”, and a separate one from Charmworks for commercial/for-profit purposes.

We intend to release it fully open source even for commercial use. Charmworks will still support it and do contract work for specific additional feature development or support. PPL and other academic collaborators and application developers will continue to maintain Charm++ actively as before.

Details to follow (e.g. exact license type etc.). Feel free to communicate with me with any questions.

Best wishes,

-Sanjay

Laxmikant (Sanjay) Kale

Paul and Cynthia Saylor Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

201 N. Goodwin Avenue https://charm.cs.illinois.edu/

Urbana, IL 61801-2302 Ph: (217) 244-0094

[charm] Charm++ license change to fully open source, Kale, Laxmikant V, 03/23/2023