Numpy Random Number Generators
Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
Sat May 2 03:36:16 PDT 2009
On 2009-05-01 15:10:50 -0400, dsimcha <dsimcha at yahoo.com> said:
> IDK, I mean, I cut and pasted the code into my D IDE and tweaked it to
> get it to
> compile and then did some statistical tests to make sure the distributions were
> still reproduced faithfully. I didn't even change any of the variable names or
> code structure or anything in most cases. It's a straight translation,
> not a real
> reimplementation. I don't see how something like this could possibly *not* be
> considered a derivative work, and I think the people who wrote the original lib
> definitely deserve to be given credit. It's just that some of the BSD
> legalese is
> a little bit of a PITA for code that's in a standard lib.
You can always ask for permission at the source. You never know, they
may agree to allow you to put your D port under a license that'd work
for Phobos. As long as there isn't too many copyright holders, it might
work.
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Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://michelf.com/
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