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Re: including outside code in octave
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Søren Hauberg |
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Re: including outside code in octave |
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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:15:31 -0700 |
fre, 23 04 2010 kl. 17:05 +0100, skrev Tommy Guy:
> My questions is as follows. First, in reading up on matrix
> logarithms, I came across some code that is available under GPL 3.0.
> The code is at (http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/mftoolbox/).
> I am modifying this code a good deal, but is it legal to include code
> under the GPL 3.0 license in Octave? My understanding is yes, but I
> want to be sure.
The code seems to be GPL 3 or later, which is the same license Octave
uses, so there should be no legal problems. Personally, I would ask the
author of the code, though. Not due to legal requirements (you are
allowed), but simply out of courtesy.
Soren