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Re: Octave fior Android Requires Payment


From: Mike Miller
Subject: Re: Octave fior Android Requires Payment
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 15:22:44 -0400

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 15:17:27 -0400, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 20:22 -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
>> It installs Ok, and initializes, presenting a window asking for a
>> "donation", suggesting $10.
>>
>> If no payment is made, the app starts, presents a "Setting up
>> Octave" message and hangs, forever.
>>
>> Seems to me to be a violation of the GPL.
>
> Charging money is not a violation of the GPL. As one of the Octave
> developers, I encourage any distributor of Octave to charge as much
> money as they wish for it as long as they obey the terms of the GPL
> (amongst others, distribute source to anyone they sell Octave to).
>
> As far as I know, Corbin Champion is distributing this source:
>
>     https://github.com/corbinlc/octave4android/tree/master/octave

To add to that, please try to assume good faith and just contact the
author of the Android package and ask for the source if you're unable
to find it yourself.

Thanks,

-- 
mike



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