Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]>
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>________________________________ > From: edmund ronald <[email protected]> >To: Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]> >Cc: Ben Abbott <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:19 AM >Subject: Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink? > > > > > >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 > > "chicken and egg issue with machines with no compiler on them" - there is no problem. GNU software was originally compiled using proprietary compilers. ... Maybe this: http://bellard.org/tcc/ is good enough to bootstrap 'gcc'. And maybe it can be easily ported to, say, MacOS or iOS. Regards, Sergei.