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This commit makes the repository GPL-free

README.md

@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ Note that some folders are submodules that can be checked out with
 
 ## License
 ----------
-Shogun is generally licensed under the GPL3, with
-code borrowed from various external libraries, and optional
-parts that are neither compatible with GPL nor BSD.
-It is possible to compile a BSD3 compatible build of Shogun.
-
+Shogun is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file), with
+optional GPL3 components.
 See doc/licenses for details.
 

applications/arts/arts.py

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# Written (W) 2008-2009 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg
 
 import numpy
 import os

applications/arts/genomic.py

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Written (W) 2006-2008 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2006-2007 Mikio Braun
-# Copyright (C) 2007 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
-#
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Mikio Braun
 
 import time
 from string import maketrans

applications/arts/signal_sensor.py

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# Written (W) 2008 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2011 Christian Widmer
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Christian Widmer
 
 import numpy
 import sys

applications/arts/util.py

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Written (W) 2006-2008 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2007 Gunnar Raetsch
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
-#
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Gunnar Raetsch
 
 import sys
 from numpy import mat, array, inf, any, reshape, int32

applications/asp/asp

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-Written (W) 2007,2011 Gunnar Raetsch
-Written (W) 2006-2009 Soeren Sonnenburg
-Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
-"""
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
+#
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Gunnar Raetsch
+
 
 try:
 	import os

applications/asp/genomic.py

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Written (W) 2006-2009 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2006-2007 Mikio Braun
-# Copyright (C) 2007 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Gunnar Raetsch
 
 import time
 from string import maketrans

applications/asp/model.py

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Written (W) 2006-2008 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2007 Gunnar Raetsch
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
-#
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Gunnar Raetsch
 
 import sys
 from numpy import mat,array,inf,any,reshape,int32

applications/asp/signal_detectors.py

@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Written (W) 2006-2009 Soeren Sonnenburg
-# Written (W) 2007 Gunnar Raetsch
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
-#
+# Authors: Soeren Sonnenburg, Gunnar Raetsch
+
 
 import sys
 import numpy

applications/classification/random_fourier_classification.py

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+# This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
 #
-#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  Written (W) 2013 Evangelos Anagnostopoulos
-#
+# Authors: Evangelos Anagnostopoulos
 
 def parse_arguments():
 	import argparse