Bug#207414: ITP: hypre high performance preconditioners
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
I intend to package hypre, which is "scalable software for solving
large, sparse linear systems of equations on massively parallel
computers". It provides high-performance matrix preconditioners toward
that end, and can be linked with other software such as PETSc and
Illuminator for parallel computation of the linear equations, solution,
visualization, etc. It is written by a team at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratories.
Unfortunately, the license includes a "No commercialization" clause,
which makes it very much non-free. I have contacted the upstream
authors to request explicit permission to redistribute it, and also to
ask that they consider relicensing under a free license. (Incidentally,
the Babel project, also written at LLNL, switched from a similar "no
commercialization" license to LGPL, and my request to them for free
licensing apparently carried some weight in their case to management.)
When I receive this permission, I will upload hypre packaging, with the
contents of both the COPYRIGHT_and_DISCLAIMER file below and their
authorization email in the debian/copyright file.
Upstream COPYRIGHT_and_DISCLAIMER:
NOTICE
This work was produced at the University of California, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (UC LLNL) under contract
no. W-7405-ENG-48 (Contract 48) between the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and The Regents of the University of California (University) for
the operation of UC LLNL. The rights of the Federal Government are
reserved under Contract 48 subject to the restrictions agreed upon by
the DOE and University as allowed under DOE Acquisition Letter 97-1.
DISCLAIMER
This work was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of
the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor
the University of California nor any of their employees, makes any
warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents
that its use would not infringe privately-owned rights. Reference
herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily
constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by
the United States Government or the University of California. The
views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the United States Government or the
University of California, and shall not be used for advertising or
product endorsement purposes.
NOTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL USE
Commercialization of this product is prohibited without notifying the
Department of Energy (DOE) or Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL).
Regards,
--
-Adam P.
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