Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)

[edmund ronald]

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:
> >From: edmund ronald 
> >To: Ben Abbott
> >Cc: Sebastian Schöps ; octave-maintainers 
> >Date: 2016/6/8, Wed 12:49
> >Subject: Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)
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> >On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:48 PM, edmund ronald <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >>>Does anyone here have any GPL-related legal, ideological  or personal objection to my code-signing an OS X binary and distributing it? 
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> >>>
> >>>Which is the version of the GPL that applies? 
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> >>>BTW, as most here realize, Apple's security architecture is going to create a bunch of headaches with any native Mac distribution - it's going to be a Red Queen situation, with the Mac maintainers running to keep in place ie. keep their binary compatible as Apple's rules change.
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> >>>Edmund
> >>>ᐧ
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> >>Can you give us a quick explanation of “code-signing”? Any reason why we can’t do that ourselves and distribute via SourceForge?
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> >>
> >>Octave uses GPLv3.
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> >>Ben
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> >
> >Hi Ben,
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> > I would assume you can do anything you want :)  and so can I within the limits set by the GPL, that is the beauty of free software.
> > The code-signing tech is described here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html
> > I believe Sebastian is familiar with it, we discussed it a bit at Octconf.
> > I personally feel a bit uneasy about Sourceforge, maybe because of this event: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/
> > A lot of people seem to be using GIthub these days, both as source and binary repository.
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> >Edmund
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> According to Oliver, SourceForge changes their policy towards good direction.
> See:
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Re-pdepe-td4676565.html#a4677297
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> Tatsuro

Ah. Thank you very much for the link to that discussion.

Edmund