Re: Mathworks-hosted GPL'd software

[Thomas Weber]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 02:31:45PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     By the way, as a rabid conspiracy theorist, I would point out that
>     Mathworks is probably more concerned about Scilab than Octave. Scilab
>     is very cozy with industry partners in particular Mathworks'
>     arch-enemy National Instruments.
> 
> (Just so people know, Scilab is non-free software.)

I think your knowledge in this area is outdated (or my knowledge is, in
which case I would be glad for an update).

Recent Scilab editions are licensed under CeCILL, which is considered
free by the FSF.

Thanks
        Thomas