[SciPy-User] ANN: graph-tool, a package for graph analysis and manipulation

Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago at forked.de
Thu Dec 3 09:29:45 EST 2009


On 10/22/2009 03:46 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> On 10/5/2009 12:22 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto wrote:
>>      http://graph-tool.forked.de
>
> So is the idea, in contrast say to NetworkX,
> that graph-tool wraps the Boost Graph Library?

Yes, basically. It is not simply a thin wrapper, though. And it also has
other algorithms not present in the BGL.

> If so, why is the license more restrictive
> than the BGL?

Why shouldn't it? If the BGL developers wanted to avoid this, they would
have used another licence. As for my own stuff, I prefer the GPL, to
avoid additional restrictions.

Cheers,
Tiago


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