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Re: Standard Libraries for gfortran
Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
That said, gfortran has the additional legal requirements associated
with FSF-sanctioned "free" software. I'd be willing to look into various
"standard" libraries, and prepare a list of packages, licenses, and
issues for discussion here.
I'd suggest that the only ones that are truly "standard" (as in,
virtually everyone agrees that they are the way to go for their
application) are LAPACK and BLAS. Below is the licensing information on
these from Debian:
Reference BLAS Copyright:
This software is in the public domain
LAPACK Copyright:
From the FAQ:
LAPACK is a freely-available software package. It is available from
netlib via anonymous ftp and the World Wide Web. Thus, it can be
included in commercial software packages (and has been). We only ask
that proper credit be given to the authors.
Like all software, it is copyrighted. It is not trademarked, but we do
ask the following:
If you modify the source for these routines we ask that you change the
name of the routine and comment the changes made to the original.
We will gladly answer any questions regarding the software. If a
modification is done, however, it is the responsibility of the person
who modified the routine to provide support.