This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the GNU Scientific
Library (GSL). GNU GSL is being written by Mark Galassi (rosalia@cygnus.com)
and James Theiler (jt@nis.lanl.gov) with contributions from Jim Davies
(jimmyd@nis.lanl.gov), Brian Gough (bjg@network-theory.co.uk), Reid
Priedhorsky (rp@lanl.gov), Gerard Jungman (jungman@lanl.gov) and
Mike Booth <booth@planck.pha.jhu.edu>.
This package was first initially maintained by Michael Booth, while
James Troup and Roman Hodek made non-maintainer uploads. The current
maintainer is Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>. The original sources
can be obtained at
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gsl
and at
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/
As of Feb 2004, a current location can be accessed via
http://sources.redhat.com/gsl
Copyright (C) 1998-2008 Brian Gough
Portions Copyright (C) 1998-2008 Mark Galassi, Jim Davies, James Theiler, Reid Priedhorsky, Gerald Jungman, Michael Booth, Fabrice Rossi, Simone Piccardi, Carlo Perassi, Ho-Jin Dan, Szymon Jaroszewicz, Nicolas Darnis, Tuomo Keskitalo, Ivo Alxneit, Jason H. Stover, Patrick Alken
(see AUTHORS)
License: GPL
The GNU GSL documentation carries the following notice:
The subroutines and source code in the GNU Scientific Library
package are ``free''; this means that everyone is free to use them
and free to redistribute them on a free basis. The GNU Scientific
Library-related programs are not in the public domain; they are
copyrighted and there are restrictions on their distribution, but
these restrictions are designed to permit everything that a good
cooperating citizen would want to do. What is not allowed is to
try to prevent others from further sharing any version of these
programs that they might get from you.
Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
away copies of the programs that relate to GNU Scientific Library,
that you receive source code or else can get it if you want it,
that you can change these programs or use pieces of them in new
free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you
to deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you
distribute copies of the GNU Scientific Library-related code, you
t give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make
sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you
must tell them their rights.
Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone
finds out that there is no warranty for the programs that relate
to GNU Scientific Library. If these programs are modified by eone
else and passed on, we want their recipients to know that what
they have is not what we distributed, so that any problems
introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation.
The precise conditions of the licenses for the programs currently
being distributed that relate to GNU Scientific Library are nd in
the General Public Licenses that accompany them.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License (version 3) can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
GSL versions prior to 1.10 were released under the GPL version 2.
