Re: Fwd: [info] Octave Discord channel

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 4:18 AM Andrew Janke <floss@apjanke.net> wrote:
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> On 3/16/21 6:02 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote:
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> >>> What do you know about Modelica? Just how Open or Free Software are
> >>> they? Are they these folks: https://www.modelica.org/
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> >>
> >> Yes, it's those folks. I'm not very familiar, but have heard of a number 
> >> of open source scientific and engineering tools working with their tools. 
> >> They tell me they are an association focused on "promoting the Modelica 
> >> modeling language for modelling, simulation and programming of physical 
> >> and technical systems and processes."  I've never used their tools myself. 
> >>  And other than the BSD one I don't see their licences 
> >> (https://www.modelica.org/licenses) listed for comparison 
> >> (https://choosealicense.com/appendix/ or 
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licences).
> >
> > Is it not these guys?
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> > https://www.openmodelica.org/
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> > Open Modelica is the usual reference for open source Modelical modelling.
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> So, looks like the Modelica Discord is just some dude who works with
> Modelica and OpenModelica, and took it upone himself to set up a
> community-oriented Discord server for Modelica discussion. (And ain't
> nothin' wrong with that, and they did a good job!)
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> I get the Modelica (language/reference) vs OpenModelica (open
> implementation) distinction now. (Though I still know nothing about
> industry/practical usage.)
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> Bummer that Modelica is using a roll-your-own license. I have no idea
> how to assess that.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew

Hi,

I work at the technical university and several projects with industry
partners have used OpenModelica or Modelica (not myself). They use it
as you would use Simulink. Cases I know are:
- Power to gas (gas flow and reactors)
- Power grids (solar and wind energy into the regular grid)