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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

Hi Ben,

I am not a license expert but I would say that you can distribute your
code with whatever license you want, but people using your code will
have to comply with the license of CGAL to use it (because your code
relies on CGAL).

For the second question the boost license is quite permissive.

Don't hesitate to send me link when your code is online.

Best regards,

Sebastien.

Benjamin SCHWARZ wrote:
> Hi CGAL list,
>
>    Quite some time ago I wrote a few code lines for :
>      1. translating an alpha shape to a polyhedron
>      2. compute the volume and area of a molecule
>
> Considering my code as helpers or add-ons aside from the CGAL library (not a CGAL modification, nor a plain software using the CGAL library), I wondered a few seconds what kind of license I should (would be obliged to) use, then lazily decided not to bother with it. Now that someone is considering to use my code in a scientific project with a resulting software application, these questions rise again. 
>
> More specifically my questions are :
>   1. Is the development of such CGAL helper code subject to a mandatory type 
> of license ? (My code makes use of Alpha shapes 3, HDS and Polyedron3 classes)
>   2. More personally, I'd like people to be free to use my code the way they 
> want (unspoiled or modified), but I'd like them to acknowledge through a 
> citation in the credits or publications. Is there any License type that 
> specifies that ?
>
>      Thanks
>         --Ben