Re: Woctave-another gui front end

[Benjamin Abbott]

On Dec 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:

> ________________________________
>> From: Benjamin Abbott <address@hidden>
>> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> 
>> Cc: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>; "address@hidden" 
>> <address@hidden> 
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: Woctave-another gui front end
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> 
>>> From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
>>> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
>>> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <address@hidden>; "address@hidden" 
>>> <address@hidden>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:30 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Woctave-another gui front end
>>> 
>>> On 20 December 2012 14:11, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Regarding open source but not quite free - have a look at METIS: 
>>> http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/faq?q=metis/metis/faq#distribute
>>>  .
>>> 
>>> METIS is not open source nor free. If you forbid commercial use, you
>>> are neither.
>>> 
>>> - Jordi G. H.
>>> 
>>> Metis _is_ open source. I _do_ download it and build it from source. 
>>> Download URLs:
>>> 
>>> http://www.netlib.org/linalg/metis-4.0.tar.gz
>>> http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/metis-5.0.2.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> , etc.
>>> 
>>> You do _not_ have monopoly defining what freedom is.
>> 
>> Regarding open source, I think Jordi is correct.
>> 
>> 
>> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
>> 
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> FTA: "Generically, open source refers to a program in which the source code 
> is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its 
> original design free of charge, i.e., open.".
> 
> I have published URLs using which the general public can download METIS 
> source free of charge. The URLs are _not_ of pirated SW kind.
> 
> Regards,
>   Sergei.

METIS is not generally available for use  for commercial purposes.  Hence, not 
open source.

Ben