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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] execute MATLAB code with mlab_call
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Eric Blossom |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] execute MATLAB code with mlab_call |
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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:09:10 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) |
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:12:20PM -0400, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:
> > There are several issues. One is following the proprietary program's
> > license, and another is complying with the GPL, which requires that all
> > of any derivative work be licensed under the GPL.
> >
> > Then, there's the cultural issue of accomodating non-Free software
> > within the context of a Free Software project. Many people believe that
> > it's not helpfully on the path to a world where we can do everything we
> > want with Free software, and that seems to be more or less the view of
> > the FSF. Of course it depends on your goals, but I thought I should
> > point out this issue.
>
> Even ignoring the philosophy and licensing legalities .. it would
> simply stink if folks were writing and GNU RADIO blocks using non-free
> middle environments that most of the GNU RADIO users couldn't use.
> Much better to shimmy in octave. Hopefully most matlab code should run
> with little modification.
Another free option would be to look at scipy, which has all of the
MATLAB/octave-style linear algebra, but uses python as the programming
language. Definitely an upgrade from the MATLAB programming language.
Eric