Xoctave - Human interface to GNU Octave

David Bateman dbateman at dbateman.org
Tue Jun 23 15:54:01 CDT 2009


Francesco Potorti` wrote:
> The MEX interface is somewhat intimate with Octave's internals and
> requires linking.  On the other hand, pipes are the most "distant"
> interface that you can think of, with the exception of parameter passing
> via command line, so it is a different case.  A more detailed discussion
> is here:
>  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation>.
>
>   
Distribution on a CD of two products leaves the it evident that there 
are two distinct products.. Bundling a GPLed software into an installer 
of a non GPL product is not aggregation in the sense of the above faq as 
the GPLed product is no longer distinct..

D.


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