Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?

edmund ronald <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.octave.general,gmane.os.apple.fink.core
Message-ID <CAJe_MajQ==OCcA7qbpWU-0Syu8_=VbvZOyfP74jRANpi_D6b4w@mail.gmail.com>
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

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