Hi Sébastien,
Slicot library is still not used in the estimation dll...
I downloaded succesfully the version 5 of Slicot this morning (currently Dynare distributes version 4). On Slicot's web site the library is still presented under a Gnu GPL licence. I will contact the authors next week to see if they plan to change the licence...
Yesterday you told me that it was not possible to change a GPL licence, because anyone can fork... So I guess that it is not an issue if we distribute old versions of Slicot, even if they choose another licence for the next versions (>5).
Best, Stéphane.
-------- Message original -------- Sujet: [DynareDev] [Trac] #194: Clarify Slicot licensing terms Date : Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:25:54 -0000 De : Trac Dynare root@dynare.org Répondre à : List for Dynare developers dev@dynare.org Copie à : dev@dynare.org
#194: Clarify Slicot licensing terms ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: george Type: bug | Status: new Priority: critical | Milestone: Component: Estimation DLL | Version: Keywords: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Currently Dynare (unstable) distributes its own copy of libslicot (www.slicot.org). It is used in the Kalman Steady State DLL (at least).
As of July 15, 2011, it is no longer possible to download libslicot from its website. It says that the library is currently undergoing a relicensing.
We need to clarify this with Slicot authors to see if we can continue distributing it with Dynare.