I intent to release an 'octave-sp' package. This will contain the 'semidef-oct' port by A.S.Hodel of the 'semidef' package by Lieven Vandenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Stephen Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. It provides functions for semidefinite programming which can be used to solve nonlinear convex optimization problems.
The semidef package contains the following statement in the file COPYRIGHT: COPYRIGHT 1994 LIEVEN VANDENBERGHE AND STEPHEN BOYD Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting documentation for such software. This software is being provided "as is", without any express or implied warranty. In particular, the authors do not make any representation or warranty of any kind concerning the merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose. The additional code by A. S. Hodel is released under the GNU GPL. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] According to the latest official figures, http://rosebud.ml.org/~edd 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.