GetDP: a General Environment for the Treatment of Discrete Problems

Patrick Dular and Christophe Geuzaine

Version 1.2, 11 March 2006

Description

GetDP is a general finite element solver using mixed elements to discretize de Rham-type complexes in one, two and three dimensions. The main feature of GetDP is the closeness between the input data defining discrete problems (written by the user in ASCII data files) and the symbolic mathematical expressions of these problems.

See GetDP's reference manual for a more thorough overview of GetDP's capabilities.

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GetDP is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Pre-compiled binaries are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. A sample demo file is included in the archives.

Current stable release: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and source code
Development version:
- automated nightly builds: Windows (build log), Linux (build log), Mac OS X (build log)
- nightly source snapshot
- read-only svn access: 'svn co https://geuz.org/svn/getdp/trunk getdp' (username: getdp, password: getdp)
Browse all versions: binaries and sources

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Authors and credits

GetDP is developed by Patrick Dular and Christophe Geuzaine (both with the University of Liège). The CREDITS file has more information.

Please use getdp@geuz.org to send questions. Bug reports can be filed here (username: getdp, password: getdp).

Documentation

Reference manual (also available in pdf, text and info formats, or as a single html file)
Wiki with examples, source code navigation and bug tracking (username: getdp, password: getdp)
Short presentation (also available in pdf)
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Version history
Mailing lists:
- getdp is the public mailing list for GetDP discussions, and is the best place to ask questions (and get answers!). The list is archived here.
- getdp-announce is a moderated ("read-only") list for announcements about new releases and other GetDP news. The list is archived here.

Licensing

In short, this means that everyone is free to use GetDP and to redistribute it on a free basis. GetDP is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on its distribution (see the license and its associated FAQ). For example, you cannot integrate this version of GetDP (in full or in parts) in any closed-source software you plan to distribute (commercially or not).

If you want to integrate GetDP into a closed-source software, or want to sell a modified closed-source version of GetDP, please contact us in person. You can purchase a version of GetDP under a different license, with "no strings attached" (for example allowing you to take parts of GetDP and integrate them into your own proprietary code).