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?
>
>Same reason libraries linked to Octave are derivative work of Octave.

You have only implicitely answered my question :)

Just to be sure I understand, do mex files contain code from Matlab?

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