Re: QuantLibMma license

Posted by Ferdinando M. Ametrano-2 on May 14, 2003; 4:29am
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/Re-QuantLibMma-license-tp10239.html

Hi Niels

>as announced on the QuantLib user mailing list, I just released a first
>limited version of QuantLib for Mathematica.
I missed the announcement. Was it my fault, or it just wasn't distribute?

>I have simply used the QuantLib license as I prefer a BSD style license. As
>a consequence I have copied the text from
>the QuantLib C++ sources, modified it slightly and used it in my own
>.m-files and .cpp-files. This text includes your e-mail-address.
>I would like to ask you to have a look at this text, and also the
>License.txt and tell me if everything is fine with you.
Ok, you can also substitute my address with yours

>Obviously, also any suggestions for improvements concerning the license or
>the QuantLibMma package in general will be highly appreciated.
On a medium/long term strategy I think that QuantLibMma maintainance could
be demanding, especially if you don't synch it with the current Quantlib
CVS code.
Which version of QuantLib have you used for QuantLibMma?
I suggest you add a check somewhere in the main header file as in:
#if QL_HEX_VERSION < 0x000302a1
     #error using an old version of QuantLib, please update
#endif

Since you adopted the QuantLib licence I would propose you to put
QuantLibMma into a new module of the general QuantLib CVS repository at
(quantlib.org) SourceForge: this would allow everybody to follow any
intermediate development between QuantLibMma releases.
QuantLib-Python, QuantLib-Ruby, etc are also there at SourceForge.
Should you go with (quantlib.org) SourceForge you could just use the
verbatim text of the QuantLib license

I will also add you email address to the quantlib-dev mailing list (in CC
here): it is a message for back-channel communication between the most
active QuantLib developers

As for the packaging I cannot comment, since I'm not a Mathematica user.

Anyone has additional/different suggestions/comments? Luigi?

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ciao -- Nando