Machine Learning for .NET

Re:Machine Learning for .NET by megaman22 on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:11PM (#17016896)

Very interesting. Nice to have another option available. I've dabbled with the Stanford NLP libraries from .NET, but the GPL restriction makes it difficult to actually use in production code.

https://github.com/sergey-tihon/Stanford.NLP.NET

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by rahimnathwani on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:09AM (#17018755)

I'm curious to know why GPLv2 makes it difficult for your use-case. Are you developing software that your clients install or host themselves?

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by megaman22 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @01:00AM (#17018926)

It's just very problematic to use anything GPL in commercial software, compared to MIT or Apache licensed libaries.

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by rahimnathwani on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @01:40AM (#17019058)

I don't see anything problematic in GPLv2 if the software is running on your own machines.

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by megaman22 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:25PM (#17026246)

That is the problem. We're selling a compiled product that is installed on other people's machines. It's very complicated, and the guidance that I have gotten from bosses and lawyers is stay away from GPL code.

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by juliangoldsmith on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @09:56AM (#17020871)

Like others have said, the GPL isn't a problem if you're hosting a web application. The AGPL (Affero GPL) is what would affect that.

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by megaman22 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @10:11AM (#17020981)

We're still producing effectively boxed software, though.

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Re:Machine Learning for .NET by krageon on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @04:32AM (#17019638)

Not if you know what the license actually means, which you will if you did it at a company.

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