[SciPy-user] NetCDF module that links against NumPy

[Robert Kern]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> I've adapted Konrad Hinsen's Scientific.IO.NetCDF module to work with 
> NumPy.
> 
> For now it's available at
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1315&package_id=185504&release_id=405511
> 
> I would like to put this module in SciPy but don't understand whether or 
> not the License is compatible.  It sounds GPL-ish.
> 
> Would it be O.K. to place in the SciPy/sandbox?

The CeCILL license seems to be fairly similar to the LGPL in purpose and effect.
It is significantly more restrictive than the BSD license of scipy. I think a
good rule of thumb is, "if you don't understand whether or not the license is
compatible, it isn't."

I am -1 on putting this in the scipy sandbox. I am +1 on using this to prime the
pump for a SciPy Kits package.

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Robert Kern
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