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Re: GSL legal question


Jonathan Leto writes:
 > I was just reading
 > http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/design/gsl-design_2.html#SEC35 where
 > it states that GSL shouldn't reference Numerical Recipes because it
 > is not free, but rng/ran[0,1,2,3].c do just this.
 >  >From rng/ran3.c :
 >  /* This is an implementation of the algorithm used in Knuths's
 >    subtractive generator, with the Numerical Recipe's ran3
 >    paramters.  It is a subtractive lagged fibonnaci generator. */
 >
 >  Is this kosher?

Hmm, yes, I took some care to ensure they were independent
implementations, but maybe they should be removed as a matter of
principle.



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