Re: GUI Octave

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> 2011/2/13 Judd Storrs <address@hidden>:
>> 2011/2/13 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
>>> 
>>> If you're hiding the source, that
>>> makes it more difficult to tell if you're complying with the licenses.
>> 
>> Guilty until proven innocent? I'd like to see some evidence before we grab
>> for the pitchforks.
> 
> No, no, I don't mean that, no pitchforks. It's that Joaqim mentioned
> the GPL, so I assumed there was some usage of GPL code somewhere. If
> we could know what's actually in the source, we could fix these
> problems, if they exist.
> 
> The COPL is particularly problematic, since it has awkward
> restrictions like no commercial use.

I don't think there is any general restriction regarding commercial use.

However, it does forbid usage for illegal purpose (looks like a clumsy 
redundancy to me, and also a violation of the GPL).

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Project_Open_License

Ben