By having {RhpcBLASctl} in Imports, that means {mlr3} also can't be used without patching to avoid the AGPL dependency.
Glancing at the codebase, I think we can reasonably move that code to set BLAS threads as optional, and thereby relegate {RhpcBLASctl} to a Suggests dependency. WDYT?
Follow-up to 959c9d61bfbf442a4a1755b672733f4fa7d0ecfe.
{RhpcBLASctl} is AGPL-licensed -- that makes it unattractive for many reasons, e.g.
https://opencoreventures.com/blog/2023-10-agpl-license-is-a-non-starter-for-most-companies/ https://deavid.wordpress.com/2020/08/02/affero-gpl-is-toxic-avoid-it-like-the-plague/ https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy
By having {RhpcBLASctl} in
Imports, that means {mlr3} also can't be used without patching to avoid the AGPL dependency.Glancing at the codebase, I think we can reasonably move that code to set BLAS threads as optional, and thereby relegate {RhpcBLASctl} to a
Suggestsdependency. WDYT?Happy to file the relevant PR.