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Re: Metis description in wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForMac
From: |
Tatsuro MATSUOKA |
Subject: |
Re: Metis description in wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForMac |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:57:22 +0900 (JST) |
Hello
Thank you for David.
I have misundersood.
However, I think that the notice being written around there is desireable.
For example,
Please note that Octave liked with Metis can be used personally becauses of the
copyright issues.
Regards
Tatsuro
--- David Bateman <address@hidden> wrote:
> Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> > In my understanding, the Metis license is not compatible with the GPLv3 so
> > that link with
> metis is not
> > allowed. Is not it write? Is it permmitted for user to build from source.
>
>
> The GPL is a distribution license, a user can do anything they like with
> GPL code as long as they don't share the result with someone else. So
> yes a user building from the source can like with METIS, GOTO BLAS,
> Intel IPP, and any non GPL compatible library they like. Just don't give
> the resulting binary to someone else..
>
> This is one reason why GPLed simulation result is in fact reaaly useful
> in a commercial environment as the its usually on the results that are
> shared.
>
> D.
>
>
>
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