Re: including outside code in octave

[Søren Hauberg]

fre, 23 04 2010 kl. 17:05 +0100, skrev Tommy Guy:
> My questions is as follows.  First, in reading up on matrix
> logarithms, I came across some code that is available under GPL 3.0.
> The code is at (http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/mftoolbox/).
>  I am modifying this code a good deal, but is it legal to include code
> under the GPL 3.0 license in Octave?  My understanding is yes, but I
> want to be sure.

The code seems to be GPL 3 or later, which is the same license Octave
uses, so there should be no legal problems. Personally, I would ask the
author of the code, though. Not due to legal requirements (you are
allowed), but simply out of courtesy.

Soren