Re: compiling SuiteSparse

[marco atzeri]

On 5/27/2012 10:24 AM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Versions of all the dependencies, including the compiler, can be seen in the 
> attached to the original Email 'UFconfig.mk' file.
>
> The OS is 32 bit OpenSuse-11.1,
ok, this is useful

> but it really doesn't matter since I'm building practically everything from 
> sources.
Not true.
For people building on other systems, your info could not apply and
you can mislead them. On windows system is surely wrong.
Probably also wrong on Unix different from Linux.

> And I am especially glad and proud that successful compilation and linking
> against 'metis' is yet another victory of me and hopefully other
> people and pragmatism over the stupid GPL propaganda.
> And I've been building with 'metis' for years.

Fine for you, but as METIS has usage and redistribution
constrains, you are not free to redistribute your binary outside
your organization without additional permissions.

Have you ever read its license ?
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Copyright & license notice
METIS is copyrighted by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. It 
can be freely used for educational and research
purposes by non-profit institutions and US government agencies only. 
Other organizations are allowed to use METIS
only for evaluation purposes, and any further uses will require prior 
approval. The software may not be sold or
redistributed without prior approval. One may make copies of the 
software for their use provided that the copies, are
not sold or distributed, are used under the same terms and conditions.
As unestablished research software, this code is provided on an “as is” 
basis without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied. The downloading, or executing any part of this 
software constitutes an implicit agreement to
these terms. These terms and conditions are subject to change at any 
time without prior notice.
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Anything more than "only for evaluation purposes" is not allowed
for most of the world.


> Regards,
>    Sergei.
Regards
Marco