SciD (Was: Real Close to the Machine: Floating Point in D )

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

Don wrote:
> Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>> Actually I seem to remember that "Numerical recipes in C" was 
>>>>> widely criticized for having incredibly strong restrictions on the 
>>>>> published code.
>>>>
>>>> The license is, from my copy of the 1987 edition:
>>>>
>>>> "Although this book and its programs are copyrighted, we 
>>>> specifically authorize you, the reader of this book, to make one 
>>>> machine-readable copy of each program for your own use. [...] 
>>>> Distribution of machine-readable programs (either as copied by you 
>>>> or as purchased) to any other person is not authorized."
>>>
>>> I'll have to dig my copy out and see if it's any better.  Really, if 
>>> the code can't even legally be used internally for an application 
>>> developed by a team of programmers then the book is nearly worthless.
>>
>>
>> I wouldn't go so far as to call it worthless. It may not be a 
>> repository of freely usable algorithms, but it is a nice textbook that 
>> covers a wide range of topics and methods.
>>
>> A lot of the algorithms in NR are just their versions of classic (and 
>> public domain) algorithms found freely available on NETLIB.
> 
> Yes, they basically grabbed algorithms from NETLIB and added their own 
> bugs to them.

So really, the licence should say:

"Although this book and the bugs in its programs are copyrighted, we 
specifically authorize you, the reader of this book, to make one 
machine-readable copy of each bug for your own use. [...]"

:)

-Lars