[OctDev] No symbolic package in future (Windows/VC++) releases

[Thomas Weber]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:02:20PM +0200, David Bateman wrote:
> Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > Just for the record, looking at the answer here
> >
> > http://www.ginac.de/pipermail/cln-list/2009-April/000513.html
> >
> > this guy won't stop at GiNaC/CLN. And he claims this is still
> > valid for GPLv3.
> >
> > Michael.
> >
> >   
>  From the thread the CLN author states he contacted licensing at fsf.org.. 
> Given his statements I doubt he asked a question is a sense that is to 
> the benefit of a VC++/Octave release.. I'd still suggest contacting FSF 
> for their position of distribution of the VC++ runtime binary installers 
> on the basis of it being part of the compilation process.

I would add the very simple question whether an Octave package linking
the GPL2-only cln and the GPL3+ Octave can actually be distributed in
*any* sort of binary package. 

	Thomas