Re: Matlab compiled mex files in octave

[Henry Gomersall]

On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 18:00 +0100, Francesco Potortì wrote:
> >>>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?

They use Matlab header files, and link (albeit dynamically) against
matlab libraries.

Henry