Thanks for the answer, so I guess the best is to implement all the data structures and algorithms on our own, in order to solve the problems with licenses. Of course this requires more work, but nobody said the project was going to be easy. Another question, according to what criteria are the mentors going to be assigned? 2010/3/26 Andrew Sutton <andrew.n.sutton@gmail.com>
Hi, I'm a engineering student from Peru. I'm really interested in the
BigInt project for GSoC 2010, but there's a part for which I would like a better explanation, the description says : "A successful proposal will include a discussion of licensing concerns". What does it mean?
Mostly it was intended to mean that you should understand why simply
building the solution against BGL won't work for many Boost Users. In fact, there are a number of BigInt/arbitary precision libraries that have the same problems: contradictory or restrictive licenses.
Sorry. That's a typo, it should have said "GMP"... I was working on a BGL-related project when I responded :)
In other words, the license supported by GMP may be not be viable for all users so your proposal should address solutions to that problem. Will you implement your own data structures? Will you build a library that acts as a wrapper for swappable "BigInt providers"?
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