Re: Matlab File Format

[John W. Eaton]

On 17-Jun-1999, Neil Davey <address@hidden> wrote:

| Here is the wording of a small section of the MathWorks software license
| that comes with Matlab 5.1
| 
| "In relation to the Programs which licensee is entitled to use, Licensee
| shall not decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the
| Programs expect with respect to European Union Licensees (etc etc)"

As I recall, Matcom supports reading and writing Matlab version 5 data
files.  Does anyone know if the people at the MathTools reverse
engineered the format and if so, whether they expect to be sued by the
MathWorks?

jwe



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