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Re: viewing .oct file
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xnand |
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Re: viewing .oct file |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:51:30 -0800 (PST) |
Carlo de Falco-2 wrote:
>
>
> 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.
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Thanks. Your replies were helpful.
Nands
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