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Re: source code for previous versions


From: Robert A. Macy
Subject: Re: source code for previous versions
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:07:19 -0700

Good point.  My binary did not contain them.  

Although earlier versions did.  

         - Robert -

> Try
> 
>   ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge
> 
> BTW, if you downloaded a binary copy of Octave, you
> should have been
> able to get a copy of the exact sources that were used to
> build that
> binary from the site that offered the binary, or a
> written offer to
> provide the sources.  I think anything else would be a
> violation of
> the GPL (section 3).  Note that it is not sufficient for
> people who
> distribute binaries to merely point to ftp.octave.org, as
> those
> sources may not be there forever, and users should be
> able to get
> sources that correpsond exactly to the binaries they
> receive.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe



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