Re: [Help-glpk] GLPK add-on for Excel

[Jeffrey Kantor]

All --

I'm pretty naive on licensing matters, so this is a question rather
than a comment.  But CBC from COIN-OR is not on a GPL license.  Would
using GLPK allow for simpler, more user friendly packaging and
distribution of OpenSolver?

Jeff

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On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:47 PM, glpk xypron <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Larry,
>
>> There is a new add-on for Excel called OpenSolver.
>> http://www.opensolver.org
>> I was wondering if it is possible to make a GLPK add-on
>> for Excel similar to this one.
>
> opensolver creates a cplex file, calls cbc.exe with the
> cplex file and then parses the solution file created
> by cbc.exe.
>
> Opensolver could be patched to use glpk.exe instead of
> cbc.exe.
>
> Please, describe which benefit for the user you want
> to create by using GLPK instead of CBC.
>
> For OpenOffice 3.0 a addon using lp_solve is available.
> http://code.google.com/p/scsolver/
>
> Best regards
>
> Xypron
>
>
>
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