Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
edmund ronald <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]>wrote: > > "it allows linking with other files which may be entirely proprietary" - > so what ? Does, for example, BSD license impose limitations on linking ? Or > Apache license ? > > "it is not compatible with GPL" - we've already beaten that dead horse to > sub-elementary particles, ans the _solution_ (from end user point view) is: > > build from sources locally and do not distribute the binary. > > GPL is not an issue/a cause to fight for, end user benefits are. > > Regards, > Sergei. > > I don't think build-from source locally is acceptable in the general case. Some very useful machines don't self-host eg.iPad, and besides build-from-source creates an interesting chicken and egg issue with machines with no compiler on them :) Edmund _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/help-octave