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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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