MPIR and MPFR Binary Distribution
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Dann Corbit
Did you look?
The source appears to be included in the zip file along with the binaries.
According to my understanding, it would not be necessary to include the source anyway. Instead, a link to find the source from the original location would suffice.
If the license is GPL, and not LGPL, then the project is dead for me anyway. What sort of evil twist is this?
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Dann Corbit
On deeper inspection, they only have a fraction of the code, along with their own modifications.
Also, because there are no location links in the included mpir files, there are no pointers to the original source.
My suggestion is to ask them to include a pointer to the original source in their distribution.
Brian Gladman
> Did you look?
> The source appears to be included in the zip file along with the binaries.
> According to my understanding, it would not be necessary to include the source anyway. Instead, a link to find the source from the original location would suffice.
>
> If the license is GPL, and not LGPL, then the project is dead for me anyway. What sort of evil twist is this?
What on earth makes you think the source code is included?
All I can see are MPIR (and MPFR binaries) without any source code
except for a few headers that are needed to use the binaries and NO
GPL/LGPL license text of any kind.
Moreover the MPIR link doesn't even link to the MPIR site!
Brian
Dann Corbit
I should mention that their download site itself does include links to both MPIR and GMP. This is the start of their paragraph in source form:
<a href="http://www.mpfr.org/">MPIR</a> is based on <a href="http://www.gmplib.org/">GMP</a> and can run in GMP compatibility mode. Unlike GMP, MPIR can be compiled for Windows out-of-the-box. I built MPIR DLLs and Static Libraries, for 32-bi
Brian Gladman
> I should mention that their download site itself does include links to both MPIR and GMP. This is the start of their paragraph in source form:
No - the alleged MPIR link goes to MPFR!
Its very sloppy.
Brisn
Dann Corbit
Oops. Their MPIR link is pointing to the wrong place. I suggest that someone inform them of the issue.
Bill Hart
they do not even include the license. This is an egregious violation
of the GPL and is not in the spirit of the license at all. I have
written to the maintainer of the site to (politely) bring this to
their attention.
Bill.
Bill Hart
> If the license is GPL, and not LGPL, then the project is dead for me anyway.
> What sort of evil twist is this?
itself is LGPL, but the complete distribution contains other GPL'd
code such as example programs, and GFDL documentation.
Bill.
Bill Hart
more correct. So it looks to me like they have made some effort to
attend to the requirements of the license.
Bill.
Brian Gladman
> The notices and links on their site now seem to be much clearer and
> more correct. So it looks to me like they have made some effort to
> attend to the requirements of the license.
and does not contain any license information or information on where the
source code for MPIR, MPFR or the Visual Studio MPFR build can be found.
In my view this distribution does not meet the GPL/LGPL license
requirements since it can be distributed without any refereence to the
web site.
I have written politely for a second time about this and will check in a
few daya whether any changes have been made.
Brian