Re: Licensing issue with Gmsh?

[zimoun]

Dear,

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 10:07, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>       (snippet
>        ;; Remove non-free METIS code
>        '(begin
>           (delete-file-recursively "contrib/metis")
>           #t))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

[...]

> I am inclined to enable METIS because it appears to me fine.  However,
> since freedom is essential, it would like another advice and/or comment
> on.

Gmsh had updated from METIS 4 (non-free) to METIS 5 (free) in commit
eaff7f6477fe876991615cfa4b5832bd5f12994b.

<https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/commit/eaff7f6477fe876991615cfa4b5832bd5f12994b>

The current Gmsh version 2.16.0 had been released on the Jan. 3rd and
the commit updating METIS 4->5 on the Sept., 19th.


All the best,
simon