On 2009-05-01 15:10:50 -0400, dsimcha <[email protected]> said:
IDK, I mean, I cut and pasted the code into my D IDE and tweaked it to
get it to
compile and then did some statistical tests to make sure the distributions were
still reproduced faithfully. I didn't even change any of the variable names or
code structure or anything in most cases. It's a straight translation,
not a real
reimplementation. I don't see how something like this could possibly *not* be
considered a derivative work, and I think the people who wrote the original lib
definitely deserve to be given credit. It's just that some of the BSD
legalese is
a little bit of a PITA for code that's in a standard lib.
You can always ask for permission at the source. You never know, they
may agree to allow you to put your D port under a license that'd work
for Phobos. As long as there isn't too many copyright holders, it might
work.
--
Michel Fortin
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