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Re: CUDA acceleration in GNU Octave
From: |
John W. Eaton |
Subject: |
Re: CUDA acceleration in GNU Octave |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:59 -0500 |
On 22-Nov-2009, Chengqi Chang wrote:
| GPL compatibility depends on how the libraries use CUDA -- if the libs
| only call them, GPL can be retained.
I don't think that is correct, nor is it the interpretation of the GPL
that the FSF has.
| Once you buy your graphic card, you are
| actually tied to a vendor.
That does not have to be true. If there were one high-level free
software library that supported multiple types of hardware, you would
not be tied to a single vendor for software support or future hardware
purchases.
jwe