[SciPy-User] Numerical Recipes and scipy

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Fri Oct 10 17:07:58 EDT 2014


On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Peter Parente <parente at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about SciPy and its relation to the code from Numerical
> Recipes (http://www.nr.com/licenses/redistribute.html)
>
> I can see that both the SciPy FAQ and code comments today both contain
> references to the book. I noticed that in 2008 there was a discussion about
> removing SciPy code derived from the book to avoid infringing on the NR
> license.
> (http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-dev/2008-December/010446.html)
>
> I see that some code was identified and possibly replaced, but there is no
> distinct end to the activity. Does anyone have an understanding they can
> share about where SciPy stands today with respect to NR and its license
> terms?

There is no NR code in scipy.

-- 
Robert Kern



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