On Jul 9, 2018, at 14:42, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 17:11:15 +0100, Ian McCallion wrote:
Surely Octave is merely providing APIs (like android or any other operating
system does) and the product is simply a (maybe paid-for) proprietary app.
If an application uses Octave's APIs, then that application is a derived
work of Octave and must be distributed under the same GPLv3 terms as
Octave itself.
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mike
I don’t think that is a good way to put it. That makes it sound like user programs in Octave must be licensed under GPL restrictions.
Mike is accurate, but could be interpreted incorrectly.
If an application uses Octave's APIs, then that application is a derived work of Octave. If the application is distributed, it must be distributed under the same GPLv3 terms as Octave itself.
If the application is not distributed, then (afaik) the GPL terms do not apply.
Ben |