well, I am sure this discussion has passed way beyond my code already but I
want to inform everybody that the code has been removed from the mathworks
website. I'll modify the code during this week and hopefully it will go into
octave's io package. Thanks for detailed information, I am sure they will be
useful for everybody for potential issues about license in the future.
2011/9/28 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[email protected]>
> Not a lawyer either, etc.
>
> On 28 September 2011 13:17, Joe Vornehm Jr. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > The Mathworks cannot sue anyone for copyright infringement for using
> > your code, no matter where they got it from.
>
> No, but they can attempt to take action for breaking the terms of use
> of their website. I don't know if they can sue for that, but they can
> easily forbid you from using their site. Matlab Central's terms of use
> are under contract law. For example, Sony was able to successfully
> legally bully Geohotz under the argument that breaking terms of use is
> a breach of contract:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#Violation
>
> I'm not exactly sure if the contract is between whoever registers and
> uploads files to the website, or us casual users. They have the
> lawyers and the money, though, so if they ever want to, they'll
> probably be able to successfully argue for whatever suits them.
>
> > I contacted The Mathworks some time ago about that line in their
> > Terms of Use being a in conflict with the BSD license, and they said
> > their legal department would look into it.
>
> It's not in conflict with the BSD license Matlab Central coerces users
> to use. The BSD license allows you to add additional restrictions like
> that. It would be in conflict with the GPLv3 (maybe version 2 as well,
> not sure).
>
> Basically, the users gave the Mathworks the code, under the BSD
> license. The Mathworks redistributes the code and adds additional
> restrictions, which the users' original license allows. The users
> *think* they're giving their code to the world under the BSD, but by
> uploading it to Matlab Central,they're giving it to the Mathworks, who
> then decides to give it to the world, under their terms. This is why
> the Mathworks wants the BSD, in order to be able to further restrict
> it. After all, Matlab Central expelled all GPLed code for precisely
> this reason.
>
> - Jordi G. H.
>
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