2010/9/21 Luc Maisonobe <luc.maison...@free.fr>: > Le 21/09/2010 09:26, Mikkel Meyer Andersen a écrit : >>> Here is an extract from the answer from Pierre L'Ecuyer: >>> >>> Our code can be released under either a GPL or a commercial license. >> Well, what about the Apache License then? > > It is their code and I did not use it. The main point is we > reimplemented it. Of course, relying on their code that is GPLed would > be a clear no-go as GPL is a category X license (see > <http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x>). Exactly. But as I understood, you used some of their optimization principles - but that is not an issue or? > > Perhaps I should give a go to still other optimizations just to make > more clear our code is really different ? I'm not sure what you mean? > > Luc > >> >>> There is also a Java implementation with multiple streams and >>> substreams in SSJ: see the package rng: >>> http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~simardr/ssj/indexe.html >>> If you reimplement the code, this is a gray zone, but we do not have >>> a patent on the algorithm. >>> >>> So as I reimplemented from the paper itself (taking the erratas in < >>> http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lecuyer/myftp/papers/wellrng-errata.txt> >>> into account) and use different optimization techniques (precomputed >>> indices tables), I would consider it is safe to publish this home-grown >>> code. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
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