Re: Re: gsoc2013 octave audio system

[Vytautas Jancauskas]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 23 April 2013 15:23, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> I dont understand this bit from Matlab documentation
>>> "DriverVersion = audiodevinfo(IO, ID, 'DriverVersion') returns a
>>> string indicating the type of the specified audio input or output
>>> device."
>>>
>>> If I call it, for example, audiodevinfo(0, 6, 'ALSA') it outputs 'ALSA'.
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> address@hidden:/usr/local/MATLAB/R2012b/bin/glnxa64$ ls | grep portaudio
>> libportaudio.rights
>> libportaudio.so
>> libportaudio.so.2
>> libportaudio.so.2.0.0
>
> For legal reasons, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you do not read Matlab's
> source code while working on Octave. In particular, do not attempt to
> dig too deeply into Matlab's implementation details.
>
> This is just a warning. It is not yet apparent that you've read
> Matlab's source code, but remember to not do it.
>
> The Matlab license also forbids using Matlab for implementing a
> competing product. I do not know exactly what this means, but it's
> safest if you don't use Matlab at all and instead ask someone else to
> report to you on what Matlab does. This is clean-room reverse
> engineering, and this is legally safe (or safer).
>
> - Jordi G. H.

Ok, got it.