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.

-- 
Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
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