> On May 16, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 2017-05-16, Rob Tompkins wrote: > >> I’m currently working on an issue in the [math] codebase, and the suggested >> fix is to port some python code over to Java from scipy >> (https://github.com/scipy/scipy <https://github.com/scipy/scipy>, >> https://scipy.org <https://scipy.org/>, license: BSD-3-clause). Clearly I >> can’t copy and paste their exact code in to our codebase as it’s python, but >> clearly I’m lifting their ideas. > >> So, what is and isn’t allowed in this case? Do I simply go through the >> exercise of porting the code over and make a reference or is there something >> else that I should do? > > I've been doing similar things in [compress] coming from C rather than > Python. My code is usually not a verbatim port but rather a Java rewrite > of the ideas of the original algorithm. > > AFAIU a straight port would be fine as well as the license is > compatible. You may want to keep pointers to the original code base and > license with your code. >
Many thanks for that, -Rob > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
