Package: lmoments3
A Python 3.x library to estimate linear moments for statistical distribution functions.Requires the packagesnumpyandscipy.For the Python 2.x compatible package seelmomentson the Python Package Index.Installationlmoments3 can be installed viapip$pipinstalllmoments3DocumentationDocumentation is available onRead the Docs.Source code can be found atGitHub.OriginThis package contains a Python 3.x implementation of the lmoments.f library created by J. R. M. Hosking. (copy of
original code)IBM software disclaimerThe base Fortran code is copyright of the IBM Corporation, and the licensing information is shown below:LMOMENTS: Fortran routines for use with the method of L-momentsPermission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
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projects, whether in an action of contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this
software.Additional codeAdditional code from the R librarylmomcohas been converted into Python. This library was developed by William
Asquith, and was released under the GPL-3 License. Copyright (C) 2012 William Asquith.Original Python translationThe Python translation was conducted by:Sam GillespieNumerical AnalystC&R ConsultingTownsville AustraliaSeptember 2013For more information, or to report bugs, contact: <sam.gillespie@my.jcu.edu.au>Licensing for Python Translation:Copyright (C) 2014 Sam GillespieThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>Python 3 compatibilityThe Python package was further updated to make it compatible with Python 3.x by Florenz A.P. Hollebrandse
<f.a.p.hollebrandse@protonmail.ch>.The software remains licenced under the GNU General Public License, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.The Python 3 port, is based on the originallmoments package, version
0.2.2.The Ouranosinc package was forked fromOpenHydrology’s lmoments3. The primary aims of this fork are to provide maintenance for the existing codebase as well as update the project to benefit from more modern Python coding conventions, maintain compatibility with existing Python dependencies.