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Re: strcells functionality in Octave?


From: Michael Krause
Subject: Re: strcells functionality in Octave?
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:43:21 -0800

On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 22:15 +0800, address@hidden wrote:
> On 12/10/2012 01:12 AM, Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> On 7 December 2012 17:24, seektime <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> I stumbled upon a function "any2csv.m" on Matlab Central, which I found
> >>> useful (by description). Tried it in Octave 3.6.1
> >>
> >> As I mentioned elsewhere, you should know that you have violated
> >> Matlab Central's terms of use and likely are, by their definition, a
> >> "pirate":
> >>
> >>     
> >> http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#Why_can.27t_I_use_code_from_File_Exchange_in_Octave.3F_It.27s_released_under_a_BSD_license.21
> >>
> >> If this code is useful for Octave use, it would be helpful to get the
> >> original author to upload it elsewhere.
> >>
> >> - Jordi G. H.
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Help-octave mailing list
> >> address@hidden
> >> https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/help-octave
> > 
> > Please try to free the code!
> > Send a letter to the author asking they to free their code. Here are
> > some examples
> > http://wiki.octave.org/Asking_for_package_to_be_released_under_GPL:_examples
> > 
> 
> Maybe it's useful to add a sentence or two to the FAQ mentioned by Jordi
> pointing to this information. Something like this at the end?
> 
> "Some examples of letters/email to authors can be found in
> http://wiki.octave.org/Asking_for_package_to_be_released_under_GPL:_examples.
> Feel free to remix and reuse, just make sure you use your name!"
> 
> Regards,
> ST

FYI, I emailed the author of the file (who has posted a few more
beautiful m-files). Will keep you posted as to fresh developments... 



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