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No. Instead of asking us to change the licensing terms for Octave, we recommend that you release your program under terms that are compatible with the GPL so that the free software community can benefit from your work the same as you have benefited from the work of all the people who have contributed to Octave. | No. Instead of asking us to change the licensing terms for Octave, we recommend that you release your program under terms that are compatible with the GPL so that the free software community can benefit from your work the same as you have benefited from the work of all the people who have contributed to Octave. | ||
==Why can't I use code from File Exchange in Octave? It's released under a BSD license!== | |||
When one downloads code from File Exchange and use it on non Mathworks software (such as Octave), he is violating the Matlab central [http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/termsofuse.html Terms of Use]. While the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses BSD licenses] does allow one to use such code in Octave, it also allows others to further impose restrictions which Mathworks does through the terms of Use of their site.: | |||
{{quote|text=Content submitted to File Exchange may only be used with MathWorks products.|sign=Matlab central|source=[http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/termsofuse.html#content Terms of Use 2iii]}} | |||
While interpretations of this vary, it should be safe to use the code if you contact the author directly and have him send you the code personally. | |||
=What's new in Octave= | =What's new in Octave= | ||