Installation¶

This command should install leap:

pip install leap

You may need to run this with sudo. If you don’t already have pip, run this beforehand:

curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
python get-pip.py

For a more manual installation, download the source, unpack it, and say:

python setup.py install

In addition, you need to have numpy installed.

User-visible Changes¶

Version 2016.1¶

Note

This version is currently under development. You can get snapshots from the git repository

Initial public release

License¶

Leap is licensed to you under the MIT/X Consortium license:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Citing Leap¶

TBD

Frequently Asked Questions¶

The FAQ is maintained collaboratively on the Wiki FAQ page.

Acknowledgments¶

Andreas Klöckner’s work on leap was supported in part by

the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, under Award Number DE-NA0002374,
the US National Science Foundation under grant number CCF-1524433.

AK also gratefully acknowledges a hardware gift from Nvidia Corporation. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies.