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Re: GotoBLAS2 license


From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
Subject: Re: GotoBLAS2 license
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:47:53 -0600

2010/11/24 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
> On 24-Nov-2010, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>
> | On 24 November 2010 19:04, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> | > On 25-Nov-2010, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> | >
> | > | Kazushige Goto said "Please use the MKL or ACML".
> | >
> | > Are the sources for these libraries available under terms that are
> | > compatible with the GPL?
> |
> | No, they both have EULAs. And no source. And claim to be patented,
> | copyrighted, trademarked, trade secreted, ad nauseum.
>
> Then I would say "Please don't use the MKL or ACML", or "Why would you
> want to use software with a license like that?"

Okay, on a more serious note, what kind of work does it require to
maintain a BLAS library? I suppose you need intimate knowledge of the
target CPU and architecture?

- Jordi G. H.



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