Developer Meetings/20150901

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Update

• Jc:
  • Max made some good progress regarding the crash on exit issue experienced on Linux when building against Python >= 2.7.4.
    • The problem wasn't specific to miniconda. Few fixes have been pushed to commontk/PythonQt
    • Version of python built in Slicer will soon be updated from Python 2.7.3 to 2.7.10.
  • On my list: (1) finalize work related to slicer/conda experiment, (2) fix remaining packaging issues, (3) Integration of PRs Use SimpleITK's SuperBuild for additional dependencies., Move to itkmghio
• Steve
  • working on Q3DCExtension with Bea and Francois for SlicerCMF
  • working on CommonGL for new volume renderer and editor effects

To Discuss

• Confirm/refine Slicer 4.5 release plan discussed in previous meeting.

• Update description of extension to better explain the differences between the extension categories:
  • http://wiki.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/FAQ#What_is_an_extension_.3F
  • https://github.com/Slicer/ExtensionsIndex/pull/1065#issuecomment-135397565

Conclusion

• Should we "allow" extension bundling GPL source code to be built on the factory and distributed with Slicer ?
  • Potentially yes, we could distribute code distributed under non academic license (aka reciprocal public license). That said, we would have to update the infrastructure to clearly notify the user.

• It is not clear what is the default license associated with extension.
  • Todo: Update template to explicitly default to the Slicer license. The Slicer license would be copied into each template folder. Description would be updated with the following text "Unless specified differently, the extension code is distributed under 3D Slicer BSD style license"
  • Todo2:

• What about closed source ?
  • These will not be distributed by the Slicer extension manager. A solution would be setup a dedicated extension server.