Re: changing the color of curves continuously

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, John W. Eaton wrote:

> On 27-Jul-2005, Julien.Tailleur wrote:
>
> | Exactly, I'm really surprised that such a powerful tool as gnuplot does
> | not allow you to change the color of the plot you make!
>
> Then please discuss this limitation with the gnuplot developers.
>
> I suspect that they already know that the method of color selection is 
> not as powerful as it could be, so you might want to ask them how you 
> can help improve the situation rather than say that you are surprised 
> that gnuplot does not support what you see as essential.  Saying things 
> like that can make it seem like you think the people who are working on 
> the software that you are using for free (and freely) must be idiots for 
> not recognizing the importance of implementing the thing that you want.


Just to be clear, (though John surely knows this) gnuplot has nothing to 
do with GNU or the FSF (which really surprised me when I learned it a few 
months ago) and the gnuplot license imposes some restrictions on freedom 
(but they are willing to accept patches)....


  http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/faq.html#SECTION00037000000000000000

  1.7 Does gnuplot have anything to do with the FSF and the GNU project?

  Gnuplot is neither written nor maintained by the FSF. It is not covered
  by the General Public License, either. It used to be distributed by the
  FSF, however, due to licensing issues it is no longer.

  Gnuplot is freeware in the sense that you don't have to pay for it.
  However it is not freeware in the sense that you would be allowed to
  distribute a modified version of your gnuplot freely. Please read and
  accept the Copyright file in your distribution.

I prefer to focus development efforts on projects that will be 100% free 
"as in freedom" with GPL or compatible licensing.

Mike



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