[Bug 214967] Review Request: arpack - Fortran77 subroutines for solving large scale eigenvalue problems

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Summary: Review Request: arpack - Fortran77 subroutines for solving large scale eigenvalue problems


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------- Additional Comments From qspencer at ieee.org  2007-03-27 11:44 EST -------
(In reply to comment #21)
> I didn't say that it was GPL compatible. We can ask the FSF if we want that
> ruling. The delay on the decision was entirely due to the fact that I hadn't yet
> looked at it (until yesterday).
> 
> If I had to guess, I would say it's not GPL compatible, due to the advertising
> clauses.

Well, I guess that's what I (and octave's author) don't understand. While the
advertising clause is apparently non-binding and likely unenforceable, it does
appear to make it technically incompatible with the GPL. That makes it
impossible for octave, a GPL program, to link to it. So, we can include this in
Fedora, but other Fedora programs can't link to it? My interest in getting
arpack into Fedora was for the benefit of octave. Maybe this should be taken up
with the FSF.

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