From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3541 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2001 21:00:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 3527 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 21:00:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail3.svr.pol.co.uk) (195.92.193.19) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 21:00:38 -0000 Received: from modem-10.deorwine.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.153.138] helo=debian) by mail3.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 164797-0000UW-00; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:00:33 +0000 Received: from bjg by debian with local (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 1646qN-0000IW-00; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:41:11 +0000 From: Brian Gough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15346.55014.338864.444835@debian> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:20:00 -0000 To: Anton Fokin , smartquant@yahoogroups.com, gsl-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: GPL license violation? [GNU Scientific Library] In-Reply-To: <15346.28894.817806.402836@debian> References: <200111132351.PAA25299@eskimo.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20011114103720.00a91ec0@mail.ametrano.net> <3BF24DB0.D9A17D@smartquant.com> <15346.28894.817806.402836@debian> X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 19.34.1 X-SW-Source: 2001/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 Anton, I read the follow-up discussions on the smartquant list about GSL wrappers in R-quant. I'm not sure what license these wrappers are under but if it is the R-quant license then there is a problem. Any distributed code which refers to GSL functions should be licensed to the end-user under the GPL. The intent of the GPL is that we make our code free to other people if they do the same for us --- two-way cooperation. The current R-quant license is not a free software license so there should not be anything distributed under that license which directly refers to GSL functions. Thanks, -- Brian Gough ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Theory Ltd Phone: +44 (0)117 3179309 15 Royal Park WWW: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/ Clifton Email: bjg@network-theory.co.uk Bristol BS8 3AL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3541 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2001 21:00:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 3527 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 21:00:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail3.svr.pol.co.uk) (195.92.193.19) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 21:00:38 -0000 Received: from modem-10.deorwine.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.153.138] helo=debian) by mail3.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 164797-0000UW-00; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:00:33 +0000 Received: from bjg by debian with local (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 1646qN-0000IW-00; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:41:11 +0000 From: Brian Gough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15346.55014.338864.444835@debian> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 07:38:00 -0000 To: Anton Fokin , smartquant@yahoogroups.com, gsl-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: GPL license violation? [GNU Scientific Library] In-Reply-To: <15346.28894.817806.402836@debian> References: <200111132351.PAA25299@eskimo.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20011114103720.00a91ec0@mail.ametrano.net> <3BF24DB0.D9A17D@smartquant.com> <15346.28894.817806.402836@debian> X-Mailer: VM 6.62 under Emacs 19.34.1 X-SW-Source: 2001-q4/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20011108073800.cck7exgsJXXiMPRcNQ-BLwvPQmHN_-ssXcdH4huzflY@z> Anton, I read the follow-up discussions on the smartquant list about GSL wrappers in R-quant. I'm not sure what license these wrappers are under but if it is the R-quant license then there is a problem. Any distributed code which refers to GSL functions should be licensed to the end-user under the GPL. The intent of the GPL is that we make our code free to other people if they do the same for us --- two-way cooperation. The current R-quant license is not a free software license so there should not be anything distributed under that license which directly refers to GSL functions. Thanks, -- Brian Gough ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Theory Ltd Phone: +44 (0)117 3179309 15 Royal Park WWW: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/ Clifton Email: bjg@network-theory.co.uk Bristol BS8 3AL ----------------------------------------------------------------------