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Re: Loading of Matlab 5 Files
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Doug Warner |
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Re: Loading of Matlab 5 Files |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 13:58:24 -0400 (EDT) |
>>>>> "jwe" == John W Eaton <address@hidden> writes:
[discussion of using the Mathworks MAT-file library routines to
read/save v5 mat-files deleted]
jwe> You have to be precise about exactly what you mean by `included along
jwe> with'. If you mean, ``can proprietary libraries be linked with code
jwe> that is distributed under the terms of the GPL?'' then the answer is
jwe> no, because linking them together creates a derivative work, and to do
jwe> that, the GPL says that you must be able to distribute the result
jwe> under the terms of the GPL. You can only do that if the distribution
jwe> terms for all the code is compatible with the GPL. For this case, it
jwe> would mean that you would need to be able to get source for the
jwe> MathWorks' libraries and have the right to freely redistribute
jwe> modified versions.
This is a bit bothersome, I think. Does this not then imply that any
oct-functions I write *must* be freely distributable? What does the
LGPL say about this?
Doug Warner