Re: Usage in commercial software

>From the webpage it says BSDMP "has a different interface: porting a
program using GMP to BSDMP is nontrivial and a compatibility layer
does not exist."

That certainly doesn't sound like a drop-in replacement...

 - Rob

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Bikal Gurung
<[email protected]> wrote:
> After searching around a bit, I have come across this another mp library
> which seems/aims to be a drop in replacement for 'gnu mp' but with a more
> permissive BSD based license. Has anyone tried this library yet?
>
> Maybe we could allow a user to choose between MLTon compiled with GNU MP or
> BSDMP. Any thoughts?
>
> http://bsdmp.org/
>
> Bikal
>
>
>
> On 11 June 2014 20:57, Matthew Fluet <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> When MLton switched from GPL to BSD in 2005, one motivation was to
>> enable the development of commercial applications.  Although, I can't
>> find any particular discussion about the impact of GnuMP around the
>> time of the relicensing discussion.
>>
>> There are certainly existing commercial applications developed with MLton.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Bikal Gurung
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am evaluating MLTon for possible usage in a commercially distributed
>> > application. Is this possible? I know that MLton is BSD license. However
>> > I
>> > am not too sure how its usage of GnuMP library affects this flexibility.
>> > Does MLton's usage of GnuMP preclude it from being used in a commercial
>> > settting, i.e. commercial distribution of software?
>> >
>> > Bikal
>> >
>> >
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