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Re: Reading NI TDMS files


From: Michael Goffioul
Subject: Re: Reading NI TDMS files
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:03:36 +0100

On 12/18/07, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 18-Dec-2007, address@hidden wrote:
>
> | Greetings to all,
> |
> | National Instruments' Labview produces files in their semi-proprietary
> | TDMS format.
>
> How is it "semi" proprietary?
>
> | They provide on their website a DLL and other files to
> | read this format in C++.
>
> So these DLLs are binary-only?  In that case, I think linking them
> with Octave would be in violation of the terms of the GPL.

I guess you mean "distributing some oct-file that links to those DLL
in binary format would be a violation of the GPL" (or do you really
mean that the simple fact of linking those DLL with Octave, whatever
you do with the result, is a violation of GPL?)

Michael.


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