OpenSees at work

[oleviuqserh]

Hi Frank. I would like to use OpenSees in my office as the primary software to analyze structures. This means I will replace ETABS/SAP2000 with OpenSees. Can I do it? The disclaimer is very messy for me and only says that it can be used for academic/research purposes. However according to Silvia
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/community/ ... 077#p25077
there would be no problem to use it that way as long as I do not sell it. Please, would you tell me your opinion?

Thank you!

[fmk]

OpenSees can be used by anybody, you just cannot sell software containing OpenSees code. to sell it you need
to contact UC and obtain a license

http://opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/copyright.php

[fsarabia]

As a follow up question, would it be ok to use OpenSees as an analysis engine in a commercial web server? My interpretation is that no license is required because OpenSees would not be "sold", as the source code or binaries would not be distributed.
I am interpreting your comment properly?
Thank you.