[MINC-development] experiments with EBTKS and N3

[Alex Zijdenbos]

Well, ideological arguments aside, there is a reality out there; part
of which is that MINC is not a new project but has been distributed
with its no-strings-attached BSD-like license for almost 20 years now.
Migrating it to a restrictive license like GPL will have very
practical, negative effects on part of its current user base
(including me, but I am sure there are quite a few others). I don't
think that should be taken lightly.

-- Alex

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
<jordigh at octave.org> wrote:
> On 20 August 2012 10:15, Alex Zijdenbos <zijdenbos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are there any (viable) FFT code/libraries out there that do not
>> carry a viral license?
>
> I prefer the term "hereditary license". It's not an infection. It's a
> gift that has been passed down to other generations. I like the GPL. I
> think the GPL is a great way to do business and be fair to your users.
>
> At any rate, if you really think the GPL is a poison, you can use the
> original FFTPACK instead of FFTW. It sucks compared to FFTW, old,
> slower, unmaintained, but it won't force you to be nice to your
> downstream users and give them source. This is the path that Scipy
> takes.
>
> - Jordi G. H.
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