[SciPy-user] SciPy and PyGSL

[Nadav Horesh]

As much as I know, a wrapper around a GPL library should not be 
"infected" by the GPL, since it
does not include a copy of the GPLed source code.

Am I wrong?

  Nadav.

>"RM" == Richard Muller <rpm at wag.caltech.edu> writes:
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>    RM> I've been spending a little time getting to know the Gnu
>    RM> Scientific Library. It shares a lot of the strengths with
>    RM> SciPy. I notice that there is a fledgling effort to make
>    RM> python wrappers to the GSL, and I now wonder how the SciPy
>    RM> community sees such an effort: competition, fellow warriors,
>    RM> or potential successor?
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>    RM> I for one would like to see the GSL become more of a standard
>    RM> in the scientific computing field, so I'd like to see PyGSL
>    RM> get support. But not necessarily at the expense of
>    RM> SciPy. Thoughts?
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>IIRC, the biggest issue with GSL is the GPL license.  SciPy uses a BSD
>style license.  Since the GPL is so restrictive, if SciPy even linked
>to libgsl, SciPy would need to be released as GPL.  Dual licensing as
>GPL/BSD is meaningless.
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> We are the Borg of FSF, non-GPL is futile, you will be GPL'd! 
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>Sorry could not resist that one!
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>cheers,
>prabhu
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