Re: GotoBLAS2 license

[Jaroslav Hajek]

2010/11/25 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>:
> 2010/11/24 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
>> On 24-Nov-2010, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>>
>> | On 24 November 2010 19:04, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
>> | > On 25-Nov-2010, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>> | >
>> | > | Kazushige Goto said "Please use the MKL or ACML".
>> | >
>> | > Are the sources for these libraries available under terms that are
>> | > compatible with the GPL?
>> |
>> | No, they both have EULAs. And no source. And claim to be patented,
>> | copyrighted, trademarked, trade secreted, ad nauseum.
>>
>> Then I would say "Please don't use the MKL or ACML", or "Why would you
>> want to use software with a license like that?"
>
> Okay, on a more serious note, what kind of work does it require to
> maintain a BLAS library? I suppose you need intimate knowledge of the
> target CPU and architecture?
>

Depends. Simpler bugs may be simple to fix.
Also "not under active development" doesn't necessarily mean that Mr.
Goto won't help fix bugs.