Re: viewing .oct file

[Carlo de Falco]

On 8 Mar 2010, at 11:44, David Grundberg wrote:

> xnand wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Is it possible to view the contents of .oct file?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Nands
>
> Files named .oct are binary (shared libraries) and you are not  
> likely to
> learn anything from viewing them.

On the other hand, though, .oct files are linked directly to Octave so  
they are considered "derived work" of Octave.
Therefore they are covered by GPLv3 and hence the source code (usually  
c++) of the .oct file should be distributed
along with the binary or, at least, a way to get the source code  
should be offered.

In particular this means that
1) if you are considering distributing your code in the form of .oct  
files to prevent users
from accessing the source it will not work.
2) if you want to understand how an .oct file you received with your  
Octave distribution works, or to modify it,
you can do it by looking at the coresponding .cc source

> hth,
> David

c.