Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)

[Ben Abbott]

> On Jun 5, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 21:16:23 -0400, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> Carne, what about the web site? Do you know if it is improper to link
>> to the Mac OS X installers on the main page, and the download page?
>> 
>>      http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
>> 
>>      http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
> 
> The block of text at the bottom of the main page is a "latest news"
> feature, it is not supposed to only point at installers. Maybe this
> should be updated to talk about the current summer of code session.
> 
> Discussion about whether the official GNU project web site can endorse a
> binary disk image for OS X that can only be built on OS X will probably
> have to be treated carefully.
> 
> One thing at a time, making the installer available via SourceForge
> sounds like a good first step, and obviously making it more visible on
> the wiki helped generate interest.
> 
> -- 
> mike

Is the problem that it can only be built on OS X? If not, what if the build 
tools use a license which is compatible with all versions of the GNU General 
Public License? I’m not sure that is the case for the Xcode gui, but it appears 
that is the case for the tools.

        http://opensource.apple.com/release/developer-tools-72/

        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1815020

        http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#copyright

        https://opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php

        
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois/NCSA_Open_Source_License

Ben