[Bug 214967] Review Request: arpack - Fortran77 subroutines for solving large scale eigenvalue problems

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Summary: Review Request: arpack - Fortran77 subroutines for solving large scale eigenvalue problems


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214967





------- Additional Comments From tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx  2007-03-27 10:05 EST -------
(In reply to comment #20)

> Because it was unclear whether this license could be regarded as GPL compatible,
> the primary author of octave has not included some code that links to arpack. In
> separate discussions with him, he has asked whether there is any other
> discussion or reasoning behind the decision to accept this license now after it
> was originally considered problematic.

I didn't say that it was GPL compatible. We can ask the FSF if we want that
ruling. The delay on the decision was entirely due to the fact that I hadn't yet
looked at it (until yesterday).

If I had to guess, I would say it's not GPL compatible, due to the advertising
clauses.

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