Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-20 Thread Sergey Bochkanov
Hello, Bill. One eventually gets fed up, and I'm just announcing what I already planned to do months ago. I think you took the wrong hint. You did impressive and important job which is appreciated by both SAGE and bignum communities. I know that people sometimes get tired, but I hope that

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-19 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On May 19, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Bill Hart wrote: On 19 May, 04:24, Robert Bradshaw rober...@math.washington.edu wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote: 2010/5/18 Bill Hart goodwillh...@googlemail.com: So what do you suggest as a solution then? Peace and

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-18 Thread Sergey Bochkanov
Hello, Bill. You wrote 18 мая 2010 г., 15:37:56: The FSF notified us that it was their intention to try and get Torbjorn to remove the outdated statements from his website about MPIR. He hasn't done so. And he never mentioned that license was changed to LGPL 3 mostly due to his objections

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-18 Thread Sergey Bochkanov
Hello, just want to say that at least I can sign such petition (if one day you decide it is needed). Or to write this letter. Good luck! I hope this issue will be resolved once and for all. -- With best regards, Sergey mailto:sergey.bochka...@alglib.net -- To

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-18 Thread Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
2010/5/18 Bill Hart goodwillh...@googlemail.com: So what do you suggest as a solution then? Peace and Love! That being said, people work better when there is competition. As long as there is balance in power, and mutual respect/trust, things should just work. But that is something that even

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-18 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On May 18, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote: 2010/5/18 Bill Hart goodwillh...@googlemail.com: So what do you suggest as a solution then? Peace and Love! That being said, people work better when there is competition. As long as there is balance in power, and mutual

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-18 Thread Tom Boothby
For the most part, I like seeing the people on both sides just trying to make the best code possible, rather than spend too much energy on politics (though clearly defamatory statements can cause direct harm), and we all benefit. hear hear! -- To post to this group, send an email to

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-17 Thread William Stein
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Nathan O'Treally not.rea...@online.de wrote: On 17 Mai, 12:09, Dr. David Kirkby david.kir...@onetel.net wrote: http://gmplib.org/ says **Projects using GMP** There are many interesting projects that rely on GMP. Here are a few examples, in alphabetic

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-17 Thread William Stein
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Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-17 Thread Sergey Bochkanov
Hello, William. You wrote 17 мая 2010 г., 22:13:46: I have written to them about 20 times to get this changed. Did they ever notice that license changed to LGPL 3, so there is nothing to complain now? :( BTW, MPIR team is thinking on developing whole new BSD-licensed library.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 05/17/10 05:32 PM, Nathan O'Treally wrote: On 17 Mai, 12:09, Dr. David Kirkbydavid.kir...@onetel.net wrote: http://gmplib.org/ says **Projects using GMP** There are many interesting projects that rely on GMP. Here are a few examples, in alphabetic order: # Sage is a free mathematics

Re: [sage-devel] Re: GMP web sites says Sage relies on GMP

2010-05-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 05/18/10 12:05 AM, Bill Hart wrote: I heard Iceland is a good place to go: http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/iceland-worlds-first-free-speech-haven Iceland was about the only country that would tolerate the late Bobby Fischer (chess player). Since he played his most famous match there (vs