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From: | Andy Buckle |
Subject: | Re: Octave fior Android Requires Payment |
Date: | Mon, 19 May 2014 08:12:55 +0100 |
--- On Mon, 2014/5/19, Thomas D. Dean wrote:I also tried Octave for Android on my Xperia Z1. Donation message also appeared for me. However, octave did not hang up and some calculations were worked correctly. However, plot failed due to missing libdl.so for gnuplot.
> I tried Octave for Android.
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> It installs Ok, and initializes, presenting a window asking for a "donation", suggesting $10.
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> If no payment is made, the app starts, presents a "Setting up Octave" message and hangs, forever.
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> Seems to me to be a violation of the GPL.
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> I removed Octave for Android from my device and will never use or support it.
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> I do support/donate to octave and FSF.
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I do not know that the donation message violates the GPL or not. But hang up phenomenon seems not relate whether you donate or not. Perhaps the hang-up is machine and OS version dependent.
Tatsuro
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