Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Matthew Brett
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Matthew Brett wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> On 30 Oct 2014 11:12, "Sturla Molden" wrote: >>> >>> Nathaniel Smith wrote: >>> >>> >> [*] Actually, we could, but the binaries would be tainted with a viral >>> >> license. >>> >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Matthew Brett
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On 30 Oct 2014 11:12, "Sturla Molden" wrote: >> >> Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> >> >> [*] Actually, we could, but the binaries would be tainted with a viral >> >> license. >> > >> > And binaries linked with MKL are tainted by a proprietary l

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Nils Becker
> I think that numpy.fft should be left there in its current state (although perhaps as deprecated). Now scipy.fft should have a good generic algorithm as default, and easily allow for different implementations to be accessed through the same interface. I also agree with the above. But I want to a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On 30 Oct 2014 11:12, "Sturla Molden" wrote: > > Nathaniel Smith wrote: > > >> [*] Actually, we could, but the binaries would be tainted with a viral > >> license. > > > > And binaries linked with MKL are tainted by a proprietary license... They > > have very similar effects, > > The MKL license

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Robert Kern
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Sturla Molden wrote: > Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >>> [*] Actually, we could, but the binaries would be tainted with a viral >>> license. >> >> And binaries linked with MKL are tainted by a proprietary license... They >> have very similar effects, > > The MKL licen

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Sturla Molden
Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> [*] Actually, we could, but the binaries would be tainted with a viral >> license. > > And binaries linked with MKL are tainted by a proprietary license... They > have very similar effects, The MKL license is proprietary but not viral. Sturla __

Re: [Numpy-discussion] FFTS for numpy's FFTs (was: Re: Choosing between NumPy and SciPy functions)

2014-10-30 Thread Henry Gomersall
On 30/10/14 03:58, Sturla Molden wrote: > MKL has an API compatible with FFTW, so FFTW and MKL can be supported > with the same C code. Compatible with big caveats: https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/522278 Henry ___ NumPy-Discussion mailing list Num