Re: 90-deg rotated tick mark labels

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
>> Cc: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>; Muhali <address@hidden>; 
>> "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 3:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: 90-deg rotated tick mark labels
>> 
>> On Nov 4, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>>>> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
>>>> Cc: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>; Muhali 
>> <address@hidden>; "address@hidden" 
>> <address@hidden>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 2:22 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: 90-deg rotated tick mark labels
>>>> 
>>> [snip]
>>>> I'm confused, does the file works for you without a Matlab license?
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I haven't tried the file. Its license is explicitly BSD. The file was 
>> written by a Matlab user, not by Mathworks. The website is a file exchange 
>> one, 
>> i.e. Matlab users contribute files. Pressing download button does _not_ 
>> cause 
>> any license acceptance dialog, and no user info is requested, i.e. the 
>> download 
>> begins immediately.
>>> 
>>> The files typically come as ZIP archives, and the archives contain a 
>> separate license.txt file - its contents duplicate the BSD license text one 
>> can 
>> see visiting the file page on that file exchange site.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>>    Sergei.
>> 
>> I think you missed the point. The file in question does not produce intended 
>> result when run in Octave.
>> 
>> Muhali suggested that "there is always Matlab"
>> 
>> Jordi objected because Matlab requires a license.
>> 
>> You then pointed toward the script's license, which does not restrict its 
>> use by Octave. However, the original *technical* problem remains. It does 
>> not 
>> function when run by Octave
>> 
>> I'm still confused by your response.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> I don't have a copy of Matlab. A company I worked for used to have copies of 
> Matlab distributed on CDs. I'm wondering how Mathworks can come to that 
> company and take the CDs from it.
> 
> Regards,
>   Sergei.

ummm :-(

No offense intended, but .... If you're admittedly ignorant of a subject, why 
did you bother asserting an opinion?

To install Matlab today, a license is required. The installation is done over 
the internet. Before installation over the internet was possible/permitted a 
license has also been required (possession of CD's is insufficient). I recall 
that a license was required to install via CD in 1997. *Legally* running Matlab 
without a license has always been prohibited (my earliest experience with 
Matlab was 1991).

Ben