Rob,
Thanks.
But since SuperLU_dist is freely distributed doesn’t this mean one could
always just get SuperLU_Dist whenever they wanted to use MC64AD? Note the
SuperLU_Dist license
http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/License.txt states that SuperLU_Dist
can be included in other software including binary form but presumably this
does not apply to MC64AD.
Sherri,
When your commercial buddies put SuperLU_Dist into some product do they
also get permission from Iain to include MC64AD?
Barry
On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Falgout, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Barry,
>
> We've already asked Sherri about this, and she says she has permission to use
> it in DSuperLU. It's in hypre because we currently bundle DSuperLU in our
> release.
>
> -Rob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barry Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:23 PM
>> To: Falgout, Rob; Xiaoye S. Li
>> Cc: petsc-dev
>> Subject:
>>
>>
>> Sherri and Rob,
>>
>> I noticed both of you guys distribute MC64AD with your libraries which
>> includes the following copyright/license statement. Did you receive
>> permission
>> to distribute this source code from Iain or Jacko and how general is that
>> permission, just for you or for other groups also? That is, is there an
>> alternative
>> license that allows this source code to be distributed?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
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