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Scilab scientific software

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Message #35 received at 61204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Cc: 61204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#61204: Scilab scientific software
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:26:47 +0100

Hi Nicolas,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> …I see two issues about licenses:
>
>  1. Metis 4 is not free software
>  2. Scilab is Cecill v2.1 and not gpl2 as the patch suggests.
>
> About #2, the fix is easy. :-)
>
> About #1, it will be difficult.

[...]

> If Scilab 6 works with Metis 5, then there is no issue with the licenses
> and could be included.

Could you check whether using Metis 5 is possible, or whether Metis is
an optional dependency, or whether scotch:metis can be used (Scotch is
another graph partitioner with a Metis compatibility layer)?

TIA,
Ludo’.

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