Re: MPI (was Re: BIG libraries with self-compiled version)

[Fredrik Lingvall]

John W. Eaton wrote:

> On 29-Sep-2005, Fredrik Lingvall wrote:
>
> | If you compile Octave with the GOTO BLAS library then matrix oprations 
> | will use all  available CPUs.
> | Here is a part of the GOTO BLAS FAQ  
> | (http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/software/gotoblasfaq.php):
>
> What is the license for this library?  I don't see that clearly stated
> in the FAQ.
>
> jwe
>  
You have to register to see the license text. You can use it freely for 
academic, research, experimental or personal use but it is not open 
source. I've cut out the text from their web-page below.

Regards,

Fredrik



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