From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2003-07-31T05:29:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Patches to 1.8.0p4 to add Bessel functions for those that have 'em

Saluton!

* Guillaume Marcais; 2003-07-30, 13:57 UTC:
> >In my opinion we
> >should rather strive for including GSL (GNU Scientific Library)
> >support in core Ruby 2.0.
> >
> Isn't GSL GPL licensed? And that could cause problem to include it
> into the core of Ruby.

I did not write 'include GSL' but include 'GSL support'. The GPL does
only apply to software released under it and software based on it
where 'based on it' means that you took the GPLd software and did
modify it.

What are you doing when you create Ruby bindings for GSL? You write a
wrapper for some library that implements functionality and API of
GSL. By *no* means do you require that GSL is the library that is
actually being used.

Therefore Ruby bindings to GSL are completely independent of GSL.
Once we have a Ruby way of using GSL we can still think about
creating a RLSL (Ruby's License Scientific Library).

Taking into account the typical use of special functions I don't see
the need for reinventing the wheel.

> Is there already a Ruby binding to GSL?

Yes.

Gis,

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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