[GRASS-dev] GNU scientific library in GRASS

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Jarek Jasiewicz <jarekj at amu.edu.pl> wrote:
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> I look into ccmath and what I found is pplsq, but I'm not sure I will easily
> expand it to 2D surface (it differs form gsl which is genearlly based on
> "Numerical recipies...").

Just for the record (sorry to insist): it is not.

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/design/gsl-design.html
"Routines in GSL should not refer to Numerical Recipes or be based on
it in any way."

Another random link:
http://mingus.as.arizona.edu/~bjw/software/boycottnr.html

In essence, NR routines are non-free. We cannot use them in GPL'ed software.

Best,
Markus