Re: Matlab compiled mex files in octave

[Francesco Potortì]

>Because the mex files are derivative work derived from Matlab. 

Why are they?  I do not use Matlab, so I in fact do not know.  I thought
I had understood that mex files are produced by some sort of compiler,
so they should not be subject do Mathwork's copyright, unless they
contain some library or precanned code.  Do they?

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