[New Port Request] HELICS

[tahmid-khan]

Library name

HELICS

Library description

Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation

Source repository URL

https://github.com/GMLC-TDC/HELICS

Project homepage (if different from the source repository)

https://helics.org

Anything else that is useful to know when adding (such as optional features the library may have that should be included)

No response

[tahmid-khan]

@nightlark @phlptp

[nightlark]

https://github.com/GMLC-TDC/HELICS/blob/main/vcpkg.json might be a useful starting point for someone to add HELICS to vcpkg.

As of what we heard when we looked at adding HELICS to vcpkg back in 2019, we were told that we can't make work related contributions to vcpkg due to the Microsoft CLA not having an indemnity clause (not entirely clear on the issue but I think DOE is basically wanting to cover itself from a legal standpoint).

However, we can provide support or potentially even publish a patch (public release with no copyright or under MIT that can then be re-released in the Microsoft repo) for the needed changes that someone else could submit as a PR to the vcpkg repo.