Intel Fortran now free for students on Windows, Linux and OS X!

[Steve Lionel]

As of today, Intel Fortran is available under a free, non-commercial
license to qualified students. On Linux and Windows, students can get
Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster Edition, and on OS X, Intel Parallel
Studio XE Composer Edition (the larger suites are not supported on OS X.)

For more information, see
https://software.intel.com/en-us/qualify-for-free-software/student
--
Steve Lionel
Developer Products Division
Intel Corporation
Merrimack, NH

For email address, replace "invalid" with "com"

User communities for Intel Software Development Products
http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/
Intel Software Development Products Support
http://software.intel.com/sites/support/
My Fortran blog
http://www.intel.com/software/drfortran

Refer to http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/optimization-notice
for more information regarding performance and optimization choices in
Intel software products.

[Beliavsky]

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 4:54:13 PM UTC-4, Steve Lionel wrote:
> As of today, Intel Fortran is available under a free, non-commercial
> license to qualified students. On Linux and Windows, students can get
> Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster Edition, and on OS X, Intel Parallel
> Studio XE Composer Edition (the larger suites are not supported on OS X.)
>
> For more information, see
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/qualify-for-free-software/student

I don't qualify, but thanks for doing this. Another place where you could also consider announcing this is NA Digest http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/ .

[Stefano Zaghi]

Dear Dr. Fortran and all the great team at Intel thank you very much for your work.

Your compiler is one of the best available and your distribution policy is very smart. I know many situations like mine where people develop scientific research codes without funding for buying your compiler. However, allowing us to use it you still have your retribution because we push hpc facilities to buy it for running the codes that we develop on our workstation.

Thank you very very much by fortran poor people :-)

[Beliavsky]

I think that unless the graduate students, post-docs, and professors are all unpaid for their work on scientific research codes, they do not qualify for the free compiler. Students who are using the compiler in a class on scientific computing would qualify.

Maybe you mean "recompense" rather than "retribution" above.

[Stefano Zaghi]

> I think that unless the graduate students, post-docs, and professors are all unpaid for their work on scientific research codes, they do not qualify for the free compiler. Students who are using the compiler in a class on scientific computing would qualify.

Obliviously, I was referring to the "whole" Intel distribution policy that allow free usage for developing FOSS codes, that is the case of free research projects.

> Maybe you mean "recompense" rather than "retribution" above.

Sure, I am sorry for my bad English.

My best regards.

[Beliavsky]

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 8:31:58 AM UTC-4, Stefano Zaghi wrote:
> > I think that unless the graduate students, post-docs, and professors are all unpaid for their work on scientific research codes, they do not qualify for the free compiler. Students who are using the compiler in a class on scientific computing would qualify.
>
> Obliviously, I was referring to the "whole" Intel distribution policy that allow free usage for developing FOSS codes, that is the case of free research projects.
>

I was not aware of Intel's Free Tools for Open Source Contributors https://software.intel.com/en-us/qualify-for-free-software/opensourcecontributor . Thank you.

[FX]

Be mindful of restrictions (and overall complexity) of this licencing
scheme:

- Open source contributors can only get tools for Linux, not other OSes
- Academics do not get the compiler (only the Performance Libraries),
and there is a 1-month delay to be approved if your institution is
not already listed

--
FX

[Stefano Zaghi]

> - Open source contributors can only get tools for Linux, not other OSes

What, there are other OSes out there? :-) GNU/Linux rules :-)

> - Academics do not get the compiler (only the Performance Libraries),
> and there is a 1-month delay to be approved if your institution is
> not already listed

Thank you for highlighting, this was not clear for me; I am sorry for students, Intel Fortran compiler rules too (together other great compilers).

[Gordon Sande]

On 2015-07-01 14:05:12 +0000, Stefano Zaghi said:

> What, there are other OSes out there? :-) GNU/Linux rules :-)

What happened to GNU/HURD? Or just plain old Unix?

[Tim Prince]

Steve's message says that tools are provided for students which they
couldn't get previously (particularly on Windows) except as an
evaluation or at full price. The Windows student version requires a
Visual Studio e.g. 2013 or 2015 Community (which are free to more than
just students).

[dpb]

Now if they'd get something for us old retired fogies...TMW comp'ed a
license for MATLAB and several Toolboxen in return for some verbally
promised but not formally contracted user forum support and critical
evaluation/comments on new releases and a release promising not to use
for commercial development purposes...

--

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Beliavsky <beli...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 12:24:44 AM UTC-4, Stefano Zaghi wrote:

(snip)

>> Thank you very very much by fortran poor people :-)

> I think that unless the graduate students, post-docs,
> and professors are all unpaid for their work on scientific
> research codes, they do not qualify for the free compiler.
> Students who are using the compiler in a class on scientific
> computing would qualify.

Not so easy to say. A graduate student might be paid as a TA,
and so not paid for any research work. Most hope for an RA,
where they don't have to teach.

All of which is separate from profit selling whatever
product one is making.

> Maybe you mean "recompense" rather than "retribution" above.

-- glen

[Alberto Ramos]

Stefano Zaghi wrote:
> What, there are other OSes out there? :-) GNU/Linux rules :-)

Well... BSD actually rules more! :)

By the way, what about supporting intel fortran in FreeBSD. Given that it
works in Linux and OS-X this should be rather trivial...

A.

[Steve Lionel]

On 7/1/2015 1:43 PM, Alberto Ramos wrote:
> By the way, what about supporting intel fortran in FreeBSD. Given that it
> works in Linux and OS-X this should be rather trivial...

Not at all trivial. OS X and Linux are quite different in many ways, as
are FreeBSD and Linux. Sure, it's not to the same extent as, say,
Windows and Linux, but it's not trivial and it's hard enough
accommodating and validating the "twisty maze of little distros, all
different" that is Linux, not to mention separate packaging, testing and
documentation.

[kargl]

Steve Lionel wrote:

> On 7/1/2015 1:43 PM, Alberto Ramos wrote:
>> By the way, what about supporting intel fortran in FreeBSD. Given that it
>> works in Linux and OS-X this should be rather trivial...
>
> Not at all trivial. OS X and Linux are quite different in many ways, as
> are FreeBSD and Linux. Sure, it's not to the same extent as, say,
> Windows and Linux, but it's not trivial and it's hard enough
> accommodating and validating the "twisty maze of little distros, all
> different" that is Linux, not to mention separate packaging, testing and
> documentation.
>

FreeBSD has a linux compatibility layer. At one time, Intel C, C++, and Fortran
worked under this layer. There appears to be a port for C/C++ at
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/icc/
and older versions of FreeBSD ran (an older version of) Intel Fortran
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/RELEASE_8_4_0/lang/ifc/
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/RELENG_9_2_0/lang/ifc/

I haven't tried to install/run Intel Fortran under this layer as I don't qualify
for the free license and the price is too steep to simply test if it works.

--
steve

[Alberto Ramos]

> Not at all trivial. OS X and Linux are quite different in many ways, as
> are FreeBSD and Linux. Sure, it's not to the same extent as, say,
> Windows and Linux, but it's not trivial and it's hard enough
> accommodating and validating the "twisty maze of little distros, all
> different" that is Linux, not to mention separate packaging, testing and
> documentation.

As has already been commented, using the Linux compatibility it should not
be very difficult. In fact I have discovered that this is still around on
the net:

http://www.defcon1.org/fortran.html

Something that only remembers me how old I am... :)

A.

[Nasser M. Abbasi]

On 7/1/2015 2:17 PM, Steve Lionel wrote:
> On 7/1/2015 1:43 PM, Alberto Ramos wrote:
>> By the way, what about supporting intel fortran in FreeBSD. Given that it
>> works in Linux and OS-X this should be rather trivial...
>
> Not at all trivial. OS X and Linux are quite different in many ways, as
> are FreeBSD and Linux. Sure, it's not to the same extent as, say,
> Windows and Linux, but it's not trivial and it's hard enough
> accommodating and validating the "twisty maze of little distros, all
> different" that is Linux, not to mention separate packaging, testing and
> documentation.
>

fyi,

There is new packaging system on Linux coming to replace apt-get,
called snappy. Many articles on it at google. Here is one

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-massive-change-for-ubuntu-package-management-is-on-the-horizon/

"Canonical plans on migrating Ubuntu to a very different package management system"

--Nasser

[Anton Shterenlikht]

Alberto Ramos <albert...@desy.de> writes:

> By the way, what about supporting intel fortran in FreeBSD. Given that it
>works in Linux and OS-X this should be rather trivial...

lang/icc

Anton

[Alberto Ramos]

Anton Shterenlikht wrote:

> Alberto Ramos <albert...@desy.de> writes:
>
> lang/icc

This is a very outdated version of the compiers (v 8.). You cannot even
get the compiler anymore. Did you manage to make this work with a moder
version of the compiler?

>
> Anton

[Anton Shterenlikht]

Alberto Ramos <albert...@desy.de> writes:

> This is a very outdated version of the compiers (v 8.). You cannot even
>get the compiler anymore. Did you manage to make this work with a moder
>version of the compiler?

no, I don't use Intel complers on FreeBSD.

Anton

[Beliavsky]

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 11:09:12 AM UTC-4, dpb wrote:

> Now if they'd get something for us old retired fogies...TMW comp'ed a
> license for MATLAB and several Toolboxen in return for some verbally
> promised but not formally contracted user forum support and critical
> evaluation/comments on new releases and a release promising not to use
> for commercial development purposes...

Matlab has a home license for $149, compared to $2150 for corporate use. Intel could consider a low-priced home license for its Fortran compiler.

[dpb]

That's a fairly new adventure for TMW; wasn't yet available when they
offered the complementary during a support conversation--I forget now
what I was trying to accomplish that led to the end result.

While off topic here, I've also not upgraded the machine I purchased
when went off on the independent gig back in '99 but that was pretty
"hot" for the time albeit not the absolute. The new release of Matlab
in 2012 is usable on it but owing the the expansion in required memory
and the additional OO features I've been unable to use the releases
afterwards without also upgrading the hardware--in some ways I think TMW
has lost their way with continual "feature bloat" and requiring two
releases/year for marketing. While there are some nice additional
features, compared to the release R12 I bought license from previous
employer and upgraded at that time, the interactive speed is noticeably
less. While I've not even tried the latest for that reason, it appears
their new "HG2" (Handle Graphics 2) engine is a real performance sapper
from comments on the user forum.

--

[Gordon Sande]

There is also a Home Edition of Mathematica. $149 for one year rent or $295 for
purchase.

[michael siehl]

> As of today, Intel Fortran is available under a free, non-commercial
> license to qualified students. On Linux and Windows, students can get
> Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster Edition, and on OS X, Intel Parallel
> Studio XE Composer Edition (the larger suites are not supported on OS X.)
>

This is also a great opportunity for Coarray Fortran beginners to make practical experiences with the technology. While we do have GFortran/OpenCoarrays as another (already very well working) way to freely use coarrays in practice, I think it's best practice to use more than just one compiler in your Fortran programing. I am using both compilers successfully with the same source code files on Linux. The only requirement is to open two terminal windows, each one for using each compiler separatly.

best regards
Michael