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Daniel Lemire <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Lemur OLAP Library
System name: lemur
Type: non-GNU

Description:
Lemur OLAP Library

http://www.daniel-lemire.com/lemurOLAP/





Goals





To our knowledge, there is no free software low level OLAP library implementing 
Hybrid OLAP. There is Mondrian which is a great Java-based ROLAP engine, but we 
believe that a smart C++ HOLAP implementation could outperform Mondrian.





To be fair though, the primary goal of this library at this time is to support 
our research interests since our goal are probably too ambitious to deliver 
timely usable code. We do envision though that the library could be used soon 
for some niche applications.





Licensing





GPL, of course.





Who are we?





The project is lead by Daniel Lemire, researcher at the National Research 
Council of Canada, and Owen Kaser, associate professor at the University of New 
Brunswick (Saint John).





Where\\\'s the source?





You can download our C++ source package. It runs under GNU/Linux though it 
could be ported A recent compiler is assumed (gcc 3.2.2). 

http://www.daniel-lemire.com/lemurOLAP/lemur_code.zip



Suitability





As of now, the package is not suitable for commercial usage and is of early 
alpha quality. However, it was succesfully used in a research context (see 
Kaser and Lemire, DOLAP\\\'03). There is some level of regression testing, but 
we are still designing the API.





We have setup a demo site where you can use the code through a web interface to 
prove that it does work.

Other Software Required:


Other Comments:
I believe this may be the first ever C++ OLAP engine to be GPL.


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