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Re: GSL legal question
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
- To: jonathan at leto dot net
- Cc: gsl-discuss <gsl-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:50:57 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: GSL legal question
- References: <20020228044736.A30779@leto.net>
Jonathan Leto writes:
> I was just reading
> http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/design/gsl-design_2.html#SEC35 where
> it states that GSL shouldn't reference Numerical Recipes because it
> is not free, but rng/ran[0,1,2,3].c do just this.
> >From rng/ran3.c :
> /* This is an implementation of the algorithm used in Knuths's
> subtractive generator, with the Numerical Recipe's ran3
> paramters. It is a subtractive lagged fibonnaci generator. */
>
> Is this kosher?
Hmm, yes, I took some care to ensure they were independent
implementations, but maybe they should be removed as a matter of
principle.