Re: [boost] Re: Boost Mathematicians

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-06-03 01:39:26

operative phrase is "seem to think"..... I challenge the word think...but 
it's their work and they're free to say how it's used (even if they are 
distressingly misinformed).
At Wednesday 2004-06-02 22:31, you wrote:

>Walter Landry wrote:
>>Darren Cook <darren_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>>If so I wonder if the GSL authors would be open to a dual,
>>>boost-compatible license so that a boost library could borrow code
>>>as it needed to, rather than having to re-invent the wheel.
>>
>>Almost certainly not.  They are not even willing to entertain going to
>>the LGPL.  There used to be a blurb on their website saying that if
>>you can't handle the GPL, then use something else.
>
>I just checked their website, and it still reads this way. The authors of 
>GSL seem to think that anything other that the GPL prevents scientific 
>collaboration. Thus, an FAQ entry that asks if GSL code can ever be used 
>in commercial software says simply, "No. Sorry."
>
>                         John Phillips
>
>
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