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2 layout: default
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3 title: License
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4 menu: true
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7 The source code for Octave is freely redistributable under the
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8 terms of the GNU General Public License
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9 (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a>) as published by
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10 the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a>.
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12 Simply put, the GPL says that anyone who redistributes the
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13 software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to
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14 further copy and change it. By distributing the complete source
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15 code for GNU Octave under the terms of the GPL, we guarantee that
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16 you and all other users will have the freedom to redistribute and
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17 change Octave.
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19 Releasing the source code for Octave has another benefit as well.
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20 By having access to all of the source code for a mathematical
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21 system like Octave, you have the ability to see <em>exactly</em>
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22 how each and every computation is performed. There are no black
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23 boxes that hide the details of any calculation.
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25 Although enhancements to Octave that are written as function files
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26 in Octave's scripting language are not required to be
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27 redistributed under the terms of the GPL, we encourage you to
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28 release your enhancements to Octave under the same terms for the
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29 benefit of all users. We also encourage you
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30 to <a href="get-involved.html">get involved with the Octave
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31 project</a> and submit your changes for inclusion in future
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32 versions of Octave.