Re: [Help-glpk] VBA examples

[Andrew Makhorin]

Hi Heinrich,

Thank you for your efforts.

> in https://github.com/xypron/glpk/tree/glpk-4.60-stdcall/examples/vba
> I have created some VBA examples. (Testing on 64bit Office is still needed.)
> 
> I also worked on LibreOffice Basic, but succeeded only on 32bit.
> 
> Are VBA examples something you would like to include in the GLPK
> source or should I add them to GLPK on Windows?

LibreOffice is free software while MS Office is not, so I'd include in
the glpk distribution only examples for LibreOffice Basic (AFAIK
LibreOffice Basic is not compatible with VBA, is it?). 

> 
> My understanding is that usage of GLPK in conjunction with a
> proprietary software is allowable but conveying both together is not
> allowable under GPL. Distributing an Excel spreadsheet sheet can be
> considered as distribution in source form when using an XML based file
> format like OpenDocument (odf) or open XML (xlsx) if the file is not
> password protected.
> 

I think GPL requirements are not related to examples.


Best regards,

Andrew Makhorin