On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 12:38, Michael Banck wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:58:28PM +0200, Thomas Walter wrote: > > Where is a copyright break when I install from source using configure > > options of my best choice, in this case for example 'libreadline' and > > its best friend 'libhistory'. > > There is no copyright break, unless you distribute those binaries. You > can use them for your own needs, no problem.
Good to know for the end-user. With respect to the example described by Justin Pryzby -- several end-users on one machine -- is this covered too? Until this point, there is no distribution. There was the decision to install the software for end-usage with these features. I guess getting here more light by a lawer would help some teams. Also some words about the situation when using "computer-farms". > > > By the way, from my point of view: For software in this categorie > > (science, heavy math oriented) it is best to install always from > > source to profit from best optimizations for underlying hardware. F.e. > > just think about 'atlas' and 'fftw'. > > gnuplot does not really benefit from highly optimized atlas libraries, > neither do most other applications. There are optimized atlas libraries > around for various CPU types, so I do not think your assertion that it > is best to install from source holds in general. It might be > advantegeous in some corner cases, of course. > Yes you are correct. It was an example only and to hit 2 birds with one stone for science software of this kind and where it makes sense to spent this effort. Kind Regards, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
