Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?

[Sergei Steshenko]

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>To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> 
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>Subject: Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
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>On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>"it allows linking with other files which may be entirely proprietary" - so 
>>what ? Does, for example, BSD license impose limitations on linking ? Or 
>>Apache license ?
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>>"it is not compatible with GPL" - we've already beaten that dead horse to 
>>sub-elementary particles, ans the _solution_ (from end user point view) is:
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>>build from sources locally and do not distribute the binary.
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>>GPL is not an issue/a cause to fight for, end user benefits are.
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>>Regards,
>>  Sergei.
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>I don't think build-from source locally is acceptable in the general case. 
>Some very useful machines don't self-host eg.iPad, and besides 
>build-from-source creates an interesting chicken and egg issue with machines 
>with no compiler on them :)
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>Edmund
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"chicken and egg issue with machines with no compiler on them" - there is no 
problem. GNU software was originally compiled using proprietary compilers.

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Maybe this: http://bellard.org/tcc/ is good enough to bootstrap 'gcc'. And 
maybe it can be easily ported to, say, MacOS or iOS.

Regards,
  Sergei.