[SciPy-dev] SLSQP optimizer

[Robert Kern]

Rob Falck wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been tinkering with the SLSQP (Sequential Least SQuares
> Programming) optimizer on netlib, and have had success in wrapping it
> using f2py.  I'd like to put this optimizer in Scipy because it offers
> bounds on the independent variables as well as both equality and
> inequality constraints.  My first concern is, is the license compatible
> with SciPy?  SLSQP is apparently under the ACM license. 

No, the ACM forbids commercial use.

-- 
Robert Kern

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