Re: [boost] [GSoC 2010] Sweepline algorithm

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC 2010] Sweepline algorithm
From: DE (satan66613_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-27 09:26:41

on 27.03.2010 at 14:48
 Lars Viklund wrote :
> The code from the Numerical Recepies in X books is licensed under a
> bunch of licenses, all that are completely unusable for Boost (or in my
> opinion, anyone).

> Basically, the only license they have that doesn't cost you money is the
> "immediate license" in which you have to type the code in onto your
> personal computer, and may not redistribute the code or binaries using
> the code, nor use it for commercial purposes.

> Heck, I'd guess that being inspired by the code would probably count as
> a derived work and be useless as well.

> (this is all according to my Numerical Recepies in C 2e)
i were talking about algorithms, not the code

algorithms are not licensed
even if so there are references in the book where you always can
find an algorithm free of charge (or just paying for the book)

-- 
Pavel