Re: viewing .oct file

[xnand]

Carlo de Falco-2 wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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Thanks. Your replies were helpful.

Nands

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