Re: Running Octave from Fink?
Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.apple.fink.core,gmane.comp.gnu.octave.general |
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| Organization | Fink Core Team |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 11/12/12 7:44 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > I don't think the issue here is a GPL violation at all. I was only > slightly alarmed it might be, but I'm not anymore. > > The real issue is that in order to give free programs to users of Mac > OS X we are first asking them to install a non-free compiler and agree > to its restrictive terms. That they are already running a non-free OS > isn't any reason to ask them to submit themselves to further > restrictions. > > - Jordi G. H. > _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/help-octave > Right. The issues here are: 1) Fink, Homebrew, and Macports are fundamentally source-based, so they don't provide binaries. 2) Octave doesn't have official OS X binaries currently. 3) We don't know of a workable free alternate build toolset. 4) OS X users who want Octave need to get it _somehow_. 5) Nobody has time to work on issues 1-3. :-) -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ fink-core mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.core Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-core