On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Henry Gomersall <h...@cantab.net> wrote:
> I'd like to include the _cook_nd_args() function from fftpack in my GPL
> code. Is this possible?
Yes. The numpy license is compatible with the GPL license, so code
from numpy may be incorporated into GPL programs.
> How should I modify my license file to satisfy the Numpy license
> requirements, but so it's clear which function it applies to?
The clearest thing to do is to keep the _cook_nd_args() function
implemented in its own file which has the numpy license text placed in
a comment at the top. You should have a LICENSE.txt file that says
that your program is GPLed (and point to the COPYING file that
contains the GPL text) and also mentions that the _cook_nd_args file
(which you should mention by name) has the numpy license. Since the
numpy license is relatively small, you can just copy the full numpy
license into your LICENSE.txt file. Something like this:
Copyright (C) 2012 Henry Gomersall
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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