[Doc] Update about page with link to license

This commit is contained in:
Bryan W. Weber 2018-02-10 11:32:14 -05:00
parent c29fbc808e
commit 66597b72ff
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: 3A93E209C87E1FE7

View file

@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ About Cantera
Cantera is an open source scientific computing project, that allows users to
quickly and efficiently incorporate and execute fundamental thermodynamic,
chemical kinetic, and species transport calculations in their work. This can be
achieved by standalone command-line calls to core Cantera functions,
incorporating these calls into bespoke code or software, or by using any of the
solvers or examples distributed with the Cantera software package.
achieved by interactive calls to core Cantera functions, incorporating these
calls into bespoke code or software, or by using any of the solvers or examples
distributed with the Cantera software package.
Cantera was originally started by Prof. David G. Goodwin at the California
Institute of Technology. Building on Prof. Goodwin's legacy, Cantera is licensed
under a permissive 3-Clause BSD license, ensuring that the software will remain
available for all to use.
under a `permissive 3-Clause BSD license
<https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/blob/master/License.txt>`_, ensuring that the
software will remain available for all to use.
Cantera is developed openly on GitHub. Contributions are welcomed from anyone in
the community; please see the `Contributors guide