Re: Fwd: pcg.m replacement for OCTAVE

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> that says
> 
>   All content contained in the MATLAB Central File Exchange may only
>   be used with MathWorks products.
> 
> Even though the file exchange requires you to submit your code under
> the terms of a BSD-style license, they are claiming this additional
> restriction on it.  So I think we should be careful to obtain
> permission from original authors if we would like to use code from the
> file exchange with Octave.

Here is a hypothetical -- 

Would I be allowed to snarf all the interesting code on File Exchange with a BSD
license and put it a github repository, from which anybody can do anything?  Can
you edit BSD-licensed code in a non-mathworks editor like emacs?  Doesn't TMW
actually support matlab mode development?  

I don't think this would actually serve any purpose except possibly wake up a
few nasty people better left sleeping, but I am kind of curious...