[Gmsh] commercial use of gmsh (tetgen?)

jb.leydet jb.leydet at laposte.net
Thu Mar 11 18:17:10 CET 2010


Hi and thanks.

I just sent a mail to Dr. Hang Si. I will post here when I get an answer.

/JB
> Message du 11/03/10 15:46
> De : "David Colignon" 
> A : "jb.leydet" 
> Copie à : gmsh at geuz.org
> Objet : Re: [Gmsh] commercial use of gmsh (tetgen?)
>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> from the website ("Please note that TetGen is free for research and non-commercial uses. For any commercial utilization, 
> a commercial license is available upon request.") and the license of Tetgen, it's not clear if you can just *use* it at 
> work free of charge...
> 
> You should directly contact Dr. Hang Si
> 
> Note that in Gmsh you can choose to never use Tetgen and force the use of Netgen instead
> ( Tools->Options->Mesh->General->3D algorithm->Frontal ) ,
> or add
> Mesh.Algorithm3D = 4; // 3D mesh algorithm (1=Delaunay, 4=Frontal)
> in your .geo file
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave
> 
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> 
> On 10/03/10 22:22, jb.leydet wrote:
> > Good evening,
> >
> > I know gmsh uses tetgen in the background for some meshing operations.
> > Does that prevent me to use gmsh at work, free of charge?
> >
> > I would perform CFD analysis based on the mesh created with gmsh in
> > order to improve our designs, but I would not sell anything gmsh-related
> > to a customer.
> >
> > Am I making any sense?
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
> > /JB
> >
> >
> >
> > Pieddemail
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