This conversation gets discussed often with Numpy developers but since the 
requirement for optimized Blas is pretty common these days, how about 
distributing Numpy with OpenBlas by default?  People who don't want optimized 
BLAS or OpenBLAS can then edit the site.cfg file to add/remove.  I can never 
remember if Numpy comes with Atlas by default but either way, if using MKL is 
not feasible because of its licensing issues then Numpy has to be re-compiled 
with OpenBLAS (for example).  Why not make it easier for developers to use 
Numpy with an in-built optimized Blas.

Btw, just in case some folks from Intel are listening:  how about releasing MKL 
binaries for all platforms for developers to do with it what they want ie. 
free.  You know it makes sense!
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