[SciPy-user] SciPy and PyGSL

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:18:20AM -0700, Jack Moffitt wrote:
> > >   RM> I for one would like to see the GSL become more of a standard
> > >   RM> in the scientific computing field, so I'd like to see PyGSL
> > >   RM> get support. But not necessarily at the expense of
> > >   RM> SciPy. Thoughts?
> > >
> > >IIRC, the biggest issue with GSL is the GPL license.  SciPy uses a BSD
> > >style license.  Since the GPL is so restrictive, if SciPy even linked
> > >to libgsl, SciPy would need to be released as GPL.  Dual licensing as
> > >GPL/BSD is meaningless.
> 
> Has anyone asked for _them_ to dual license?  Or change to the LGPL?  

The answer to this is on the GSL web page: http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/
Executive summary: the LGPL was specifically rejected in favour of
the GPL.

-S

P.S. I'm pretty sure that the reasons for this choice can be found in
the archives of the GSL mailing list.