Re: could matlab-mode be in ELPA or the GNU emacs tree (like auctex and org-mode)?

[Po Lu]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>>> I know that matlab is a commercial product and its license is not
>>> compatible with the GPL, but the same could be said about MS Windows OS
>>> and MacOS and yet GNU Emacs support these OSs.
>>> It would benefit the users of matlab who wish to use GNU Emacs for coding.
>
>> Indeed, it's not completely black or white.  You may want to ask RMS
>> whether this gray is rather dark or light.

> So, it is up to RMS?

> RMS if you read this: would you allow to have a part of matlab-mode that
> interacts with matlab via the so called matlab shell, to be part of ELPA or 
> GNU
> emacs?

FWIW the GNU project has a replacement for Matlab named Octave.  Does
this editing mode also work with Octave code?  Does it provide any
features that work with Matlab, but not Octave?

I think these are the important questions here.