Re: [Getfem-users] collaboration between GMM and KDE/Eigen

[Benoit Jacob]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Yves Renard wrote:

> Le Lundi 22 Janvier 2007 14:37, Benoit Jacob a écrit :
> > > There is of course no problem to import parts of Gmm++ code into a free
> > > project like Eigen and distribute them with the GPL+exception license
> > > used by this project.
> >
> > Great! Meanwhile, I have come to think that it might be best to import
> > a copy of the whole unmodified GMM into KDE's SVN, and then add to
> > Eigen wrapper classes letting Eigen and GMM play together nicely.
> > Importing an unmodified copy of GMM has the advantage that it allows
> > to easily sync it later, whenever you release new versions. It reduces the
> > risk of forking.
> >
> > This means that KDE apps would also be able to easily use GMM directly if
> > they prefer to.
> >
> > I will now write to kde-devel about that.
>
>
> Ok. We are of course interested in an implementation of the sparse least
> squares algorithm you intend to implement.

Great. Finally on the KDE side it turns out that they don't like anymore 
the idea of importing copies of external libraries, so we'll likely end up 
using GMM as an external dependency. Sorry to have made much noise for 
nothing.

Benoit