oups, I forgot CC the list. > 2017-02-09 6:32 GMT+01:00 Prince Sibanda <[email protected]>: > Thanks for the information. I ask because we are contemplating extending the GNU Parallel for the processing we would like to do.
"extending"? Usually people just ask here for modifications and if it generally fit within the GNU Parallel scope you will probably get it with the next release. If your extension is very specific there will often be a way where this can be a parameter to GNU Parallel. What kind of extension do you have in mind? > The standard GNU Parallel available on my package manager is great for some things but with some minor modifications it could be just perfect. > Would there be any licensing restrictions to modifying GNU Parallel and possibly publishing the modifications free for anyone to use? The restrictions is just what GPLv3 is. Nothing special. Just go ahead and modify. > Is all of GNU Parallel written in Perl? Yes. It is actually just one file: /usr/bin/parallel Copy that file to another computer with Perl and it is working. ./hans 2017-02-09 6:32 GMT+01:00 Prince Sibanda <[email protected]>: > Thanks for the information. I ask because we are contemplating extending > the GNU Parallel for the processing we would like to do. The standard GNU > Parallel available on my package manager is great for some things but with > some minor modifications it could be just perfect. > Would there be any licensing restrictions to modifying GNU Parallel and > possibly publishing the modifications free for anyone to use? > Is all of GNU Parallel written in Perl? > > Regards, > Prince > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:05 PM, Hans Schou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2017-02-08 16:35 GMT+01:00 Prince Sibanda <[email protected]>: >> >>> Is there anybody that can inform as to what some of the large use cases >>> of GNU parallel are, and the future goals of the tool? >>> >> >> There is no "Top 10" written down. >> >> Many uses it for DNA analysis and long running jobs, and others uses it >> for long running jobs with a few data. >> >> For a huge project I think you should look at the releases, click [Read >> more] >> http://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group_id=9478 >> Here is a lot of big projects described. >> >> ./hans >> > >
