Re: Replacing LGPL libraries: Use of lp_solve for Calc's linear solver

Hello rony,

On Saturday 11 June 2011, 12:43, rony wrote:
> Hi Niklas,
> 
> On 11.06.2011 17:36, Niklas Nebel wrote:
> > Dependencies on LGPL libraries may soon become a problem.
> 
> What would be the problem here?

Oh, haven't you been following the OOo Apache Incubator Proposal?
http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/thread
(almost 1000 mails)
The thing is that Apache only releases code under the AL.

> [Just curious why it was o.k. in the past, but may be a problem "soon" ?]
> 
> > One such library is lp_solve, which is the basis of the OpenOffice.org
> > Linear Solver in Calc.
> > 
> > It would certainly be a nice twist of irony if the
> > "evil-grasping-Sun-solver"
> 
> Again, not sure what you mean with "evil-grasping" here? 

http://osdir.com/ml/gnome.ximian.openoffice/2008-04/msg00073.html


Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

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