Re: Sparse Eigenvalues

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

2008/12/20 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
> On 20-Dec-2008, Chaman Singh Verma wrote:
>
> | more than 45-50 minutes on single node machine, which is not competitive to
> | other
> | graph partitioning methods such as METIS.
>
> METIS is distributed under terms that are incompatible with the GPL,
> so it can't be used with Octave.

What are the distribution terms, btw? I can't find them. It's in
Debian's contrib, and the source tarball doesn't seem to have a clear
copyright statement other than saying it's copyrighted by the regents
of the university of Minnesota. There's a statement on the webpage
indicating some restrictions on commercial use. It also seems to be
supported by the US military, which I thought meant no copyright.

Do they have an actual copyright statement at all?

I wonder if we could convince them to change the terms...

- Jordi G. H.