RE: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
] NSWC and Apache license Hi all, thanks for these answers. I need to digest all this. Of course, the primary origin (not going back to the original author) would be duly acknowledged. In fact, I've started translating the FORTRAN source. It's so much work that I'm considering w

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > thanks for these answers. I need to digest all this. Of course, the primary > origin (not going back to the original author) would be duly acknowledged. > In fact, I've started translating the FORTRAN source. It's so much work > that I'm considering writing the Java program from scratch,

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-11 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi all, thanks for these answers. I need to digest all this. Of course, the primary origin (not going back to the original author) would be duly acknowledged. In fact, I've started translating the FORTRAN source. It's so much work that I'm considering writing the Java program from scratch, using th

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-10 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Sam, Thanks! Enjoy your weekend! Regards, Dave On Aug 10, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > Something that might be helpful in this discussion: > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#can-works-placed-in-the-public-domain-be-included-in-apache-products > > - Sam Ruby > > -

Fwd: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-09 Thread Dave Fisher
Fisher , "b...@freebsd.org" > Subject: Re: Fwd: [all] NSWC and Apache license > Reply-To: bf1...@gmail.com > > On 8/9/12, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >> Hi Dave; >> >> The files are in a repository from b...@freebsd.org, a ports committer >> that likes to play wit

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Dave Fisher
INAL, but I am a recovering Fortran programmer. I found the same repository under: http://ftp.twaren.net/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/bf/nswc/Intro I think that these routines are public domain and there is no copyright on the manual. Really cool. Regards, Dave On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:36 PM,

RE: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: jcar...@carmanconsulting.com > [mailto:jcar...@carmanconsulting.com] On Behalf Of James Carman > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 14:54 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license > > Do we have any cont

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, 2012/8/8 Luc Maisonobe : > Le 08/08/2012 17:58, Christian Grobmeier a écrit : >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Sébastien Brisard >> wrote: >> > Does that mean that porting it into Commons-Math is possible > (license-wise?). I would think it does… That seems explicitly rest

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread James Carman
Do we have any contact with the maintainers/creators of this stuff? If so, we may be able to ask for them to grant it to the ASF? On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Le 08/08/2012 17:58, Christian Grobmeier a écrit : >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Sébastien Brisard >> wrot

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 08/08/2012 17:58, Christian Grobmeier a écrit : > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Sébastien Brisard > wrote: > Does that mean that porting it into Commons-Math is possible (license-wise?). I would think it does… >>> >>> That seems explicitly restrictive to me. e.g. If I don't claim

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: >>> Does that mean that porting it into Commons-Math is possible >>> (license-wise?). I would think it does… >> >> That seems explicitly restrictive to me. e.g. If I don't claim to be in the >> general scientific community, the software h

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi Jason, > > I can make some enquiries to see if it can be changed. Do you know which NSWC > released it, Dahlgren, Carderock and which code 90,50, etc? > Thanks, that would help a lot ! It's Dahlgren [1], FORTRAN 77. If the answer you get is a straightforward yes, that's fine. If it is a "no",

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi Kevan, thanks for your answer. 2012/8/8 Kevan Miller : > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:36 AM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm currently working on MATH-738, and am considering porting part of >> the FORTRAN "NSWC Library of Mathematics Subroutines" [1] (Naval >> Surface Warfare Center). >>

RE: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: Kevan Miller [mailto:kevan.mil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 11:14 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license > > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:36 AM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > &

Re: [all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-08 Thread Kevan Miller
On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:36 AM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > Hello, > I'm currently working on MATH-738, and am considering porting part of > the FORTRAN "NSWC Library of Mathematics Subroutines" [1] (Naval > Surface Warfare Center). > The website states > >"This software is made available, withou

[all] NSWC and Apache license

2012-08-07 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hello, I'm currently working on MATH-738, and am considering porting part of the FORTRAN "NSWC Library of Mathematics Subroutines" [1] (Naval Surface Warfare Center). The website states "This software is made available, without cost, to the general scientific community. The 1993 edition is an