Re: Is there any free and NOT cloud based octave...

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On 6 Jun 2013, at 16:34, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:

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> On Jun 6, 2013, at 4:21 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Noreply? Let's try to reply anyways.
>> 
>> On 5 June 2013 21:20, Francisco Acosta (Google+)
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Is there any free and NOT cloud based octave app for iOS?
>> 
>> All Octave copies should be free, so that Octave's users can also be
>> free. Octave copies can be commercial, but must remain free. If you
>> know of a non-free copy of Octave, please alert us, as this would be a
>> GPL violation.
>> 
>> iOS presents a particular problem, because it's a locked-down OS,
>> which does not allow its users to be free. There are ways to jailbreak
>> iOS, but Apple scares its customers into thinking that jailbreaking is
>> a harmful thing to do.
>> 
>> If you can jailbreak your iOS device, you might be able to find an
>> Octave copy for that device. I don't know of someone who makes it, but
>> the people who are making Mac OS X binaries might know.
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> Also, as I understand things, Apple does not allow iOS app developers to 
> build applications that execute scripted code. Browser developers cannot 
> supply their own javascript engine, C# code has to be compiled and cannot be 
> executed on a JIT, etc. Personally, I would find a mobile Octave app that 
> doesn't allow you to execute scripts to be of little value -- what would it 
> do? I could see some value in an app that allowed you to load and show plots, 
> though.
> 
> Søren

Guys, 
I doubt the OP got your replies as the address in the reply-to field is:

address@hidden

I wonder what's the point in posting a query from such an address …
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