[Numpy-discussion] Numpy code in GPL package

Henry Gomersall heng at cantab.net
Wed May 30 12:15:52 EDT 2012


On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 17:11 +0100, Robert Kern wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Henry Gomersall <heng at cantab.net>
> wrote:
> > I'd like to include the _cook_nd_args() function from fftpack in my
> GPL
> > code. Is this possible?
> 
> Yes. The numpy license is compatible with the GPL license, so code
> from numpy may be incorporated into GPL programs.
> 
> > How should I modify my license file to satisfy the Numpy license
> > requirements, but so it's clear which function it applies to?
> 
> The clearest thing to do is to keep the _cook_nd_args() function
> implemented in its own file which has the numpy license text placed in
> a comment at the top. 
> <snip>

That's very helpful, thanks!

Henry




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