Re: speed of octave

[John W. Eaton]

On 13-Sep-2007, Dmitri A. Sergatskov wrote:

| What is the difference between MKL and proprietary system libraries
| on Windows, MacOS, Sun Solaris etc?

The relevant part of Section 3 of the GPL is

  However, as a
  special exception, the source code distributed need not include
  anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
  form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
  operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
  itself accompanies the executable.

Is the MKL library normally distributed with the major components of
the OS?  If not, then it doesn't qualify for this exception.

jwe