Re: GNU Octave + Installer

[Sergei Steshenko]

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> From: Andy Buckle <address@hidden>
>To: Michael Lansdell <address@hidden> 
>Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
>Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 6:35 PM
>Subject: Re: GNU Octave + Installer
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>On 5 January 2015 at 15:27, Michael Lansdell <address@hidden> wrote:
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>Hi:
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>>My name is Michael and I work for a telecommunications company called Rogers 
>>in Canada.
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>>Part of what I do is review hardware/software exception requests.
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>>I have a request from an individual to use Octave Installer 
>>(http://mxeoctave.osuv.de/).
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>>Since this individual works for Rogers, I need to know what the policy is for 
>>using this software in a commercial/business environment.  Is it permitted by 
>>the Octave organization?
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>>Thanks
>>Michael
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>Yes. There is no problem with commercial use of software licensed with GNU GPL.
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>There are restrictions on what you can do if you modify the software and 
>redistribute (eg also distribute your modified source code).
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"There are restrictions on what you can do if you modify the software and 
redistribute (eg also distribute your modified source code)." - still, if the 
modified code is used within the company, even at geografically different 
sites, according to GPL FAQ this is not considered to be redistribution, so the 
company is not obliged to release the modified source code.


--Sergei.