Re: Can I redistribute octave-3.8.2 windows binary on my web?

[Oliver Heimlich]

On 19.06.2015 01:27, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> Hello
>
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/GNU-Octave-3-8-2-builds-for-Windows-possible-to-find-td4671026.html
>
>
> The author of the post would like get octave-3.8.2 windows binary due to the 
> reason
> described in the above post. As I wrote in the reply, octave-3.8.2 windows 
> binary
> is no longer placed on the internet.
>
> I think that demand of octave 3.8 for windows exists.
>
> For example.
…
> Therefore I would like upload octave-3.8.2 windows binary installer stored in 
> my local PC
> on my web site. I checked http://mxeoctave.osuv.de/ where unofficial window 
> binaries were
> placed but there are not any contact information.

I don't know why these binaries were “unofficial” at the time. 
Presumably because they have been build by a third party and were not 
maintained by the Octave community.

One downside of them being unofficial is that now they are offline and 
no longer available.

> As far as I understand, GPL allows to redistribute binaries without permission 
> of original
> maintainer if binaries are not modified.

The GPL goes even further. You could also distribute modified versions.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw

> I would like to confirm the above to avoid to do illegal manner.

Just make sure that you can also deliver the corresponding source code 
to the users.

Oliver