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Re: copyright notices in the examples directory...


From: Søren Hauberg
Subject: Re: copyright notices in the examples directory...
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:43:22 +0100

lor, 28 03 2009 kl. 06:19 +0100, skrev David Bateman:
> When I wrote the appendix on oct/mex files I deliberately didn't include 
> copyright notices in these example files. The reason is that this code 
> is included directly in the appendix together with the copyright notice 
> that is often longer than the example itself. This makes the appendix on 
> oct/mex files harder to read. Also I'd prefer that the mex examples were 
> public domain..

I've always felt that code examples in books should be public domain. I
think it's unfair to the reader that we force license upon him/her just
because he/she was browsing through a book.

Soren



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