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Re: viewing .oct file
From: |
Carlo de Falco |
Subject: |
Re: viewing .oct file |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:05:23 +0100 |
On 8 Mar 2010, at 11:44, David Grundberg wrote:
xnand wrote:
Hi all.
Is it possible to view the contents of .oct file?
Thanks.
Nands
Files named .oct are binary (shared libraries) and you are not
likely to
learn anything from viewing them.
On the other hand, though, .oct files are linked directly to Octave so
they are considered "derived work" of Octave.
Therefore they are covered by GPLv3 and hence the source code (usually
c++) of the .oct file should be distributed
along with the binary or, at least, a way to get the source code
should be offered.
In particular this means that
1) if you are considering distributing your code in the form of .oct
files to prevent users
from accessing the source it will not work.
2) if you want to understand how an .oct file you received with your
Octave distribution works, or to modify it,
you can do it by looking at the coresponding .cc source
hth,
David
c.