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[Barry Smith]

   Rob,

    Thanks.

     But since SuperLU_dist is freely distributed doesn’t this mean one could always just get SuperLU_Dist whenever they wanted to use MC64AD? Note the SuperLU_Dist license 
http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/License.txt states that SuperLU_Dist can be included in other software including binary form but presumably this does not apply to MC64AD. 

    Sherri,

      When your commercial buddies put SuperLU_Dist into some product do they also get permission from Iain to include MC64AD?


   Barry

On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Falgout, Rob <falgout2 at llnl.gov> wrote:

> Hi Barry,
> 
> We've already asked Sherri about this, and she says she has permission to use it in DSuperLU.  It's in hypre because we currently bundle DSuperLU in our release.
> 
> -Rob
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barry Smith [mailto:bsmith at mcs.anl.gov]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:23 PM
>> To: Falgout, Rob; Xiaoye S. Li
>> Cc: petsc-dev
>> Subject:
>> 
>> 
>>   Sherri and Rob,
>> 
>>    I noticed both of you guys distribute MC64AD with your libraries which
>> includes the following copyright/license statement.  Did you receive permission
>> to distribute this source code from Iain or Jacko and how general is that
>> permission, just for you or for other groups also? That is, is there an alternative
>> license that allows this source code to be distributed?
>> 
>>    Thanks
>> 
>>    Barry
>> 
>> 
>> 
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