Re: I'm no longer working on Octave

[am304]

Paryshaan wrote
> Hello John
> I'm from Iran
> It is not in my afford to buy a MATLAB license but I used it for about 5
> years in university.
> 
> from about 8 years ago up to now, when i want to go to the MATLAB 's
> website from within Iran, it says:
> 
> Access Denied
> You don't have permission to access "http://www.mathworks.com/"; on this
> server.
> Reference #18.5560434d.1365280485.c499ebe
> 
> I don't know why they banned me to buy their software or use at least
> their website, but there are many other websites which put last version of
> MATLAB and its licenses for download and illegal use which is not illegal
> in Iran.
> 
> It's about 1.5 year I'm working on a project and I chose octave for this
> purpose. I faced lots of bugs and lack of abilities in OCTAVE compared
> with MATLAB. but ...
> I should say I really loved MATLAB but I don't know what to say about
> OCTAVE.
> This is a way for me to be honest in this world!
> Many thanks to your God for giving me this chance.

I think this is because Iran is an ITAR-restricted country and MathWorks,
being an American company, is forbidden by the US government to do any trade
with Iran, as the software can potentially be used for military purposes. 

Arnaud



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