Re: [Help-gsl] Source code for HiCalc / breah of GPL for GSL

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Brian Gough wrote:

> Thanks for the information, I was not aware of this --- 

Glad to be of help.

> I will start
> the process for investigating and resolving a license violation.

OK. One assumes this breach is unintentional, since they made no effort 
to hide the fact they are using GSL.

But even so the code should be released under the GPL now. There are not 
IMHO any decent scientific calculators for Pocket PC, but perhaps if 
this was released under the GPL there will be some effort to produce one.

Some of the program (parts I assume use GSL) for solving 3 simultaneous 
equations and matrix operations are are quite nice and not common on 
scientific calculators.

Other parts, such as biorhythms and a calculator to find how much each 
person in a group pay for a tip in a restaurant are just stupid. I think 
the GSL stuff adds quite a bit to this calculator.

Perhaps if it is GPL'ed we could improve on some of the things it does 
well and remove some parts which are of very questionable use. All 
things that make open-source software good.


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Dr. David Kirkby