[SciPy-user] matfile now under BSD

[John Hunter]

>>>>> "Nigel" == Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> writes:

    John Hunter wrote:
    >> If you decide to release it under one the above licenses or a
    >> variant, that would be excellent.  You can either email me or
    >> better yet, the scipy list directly.

    Nigel> Sorry about the delay, but I got sidetracked onto other
    Nigel> things...

    Nigel> I've changed the license in matfile so it's now the BSD
    Nigel> license.  The tar file on
    Nigel> ftp://ion.le.ac.uk/matfile/matfile.tar.gz now contains this
    Nigel> new license.

Excellent.  Thanks a lot.

    Nigel> I'd notify the scipy mailing list but I don't know it's
    Nigel> location.

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    Nigel> I have no real idea of the portability of the C code,
    Nigel> either onto other OSs, or with differing versions of
    Nigel> Numeric. With that in mind, I originally set out to write a
    Nigel> verions entirely in python/Numeric. This has prompted me to
    Nigel> go back to that and I'm currently in the process of doing
    Nigel> it. What it's speed will be like is anyone's guess, but I
    Nigel> guess that's the price you pay for portability - better to
    Nigel> run slow than not at all.

Sounds great.  Let me know when you have a beta version and I'll help
test it with some of my matfiles. Some of the scipy gurus here might
be able to give you some pointers on how to make it fit naturally into
scipy.

Thanks again.
John Hunter