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...eh. I mean Mathworks might not be thaaat diligent but "For personal use only. Not for government, academic, research, commercial, or other organizational use
by Avshalom 10y ago
...eh. I mean Mathworks might not be thaaat diligent but "For personal use only. Not for government, academic, research, commercial, or other organizational use"
Like I mean what the hell does that leave for "personal use"?
- CamperBob2 10y agoI think it's more of a "Here, now you don't have to warez our stuff" kind of license. Technically the intent was for self-directed personal education. But the real reason is to encourage people to learn Matlab, and not Numpy or R or something else, and to discourage people from messing around with Octave. It's a classic move for a company that's getting worried about their market share. Given that most of the value of Matlab over Octave lies in its toolboxes -- which are now $45 each -- this strategy seems sound. A few packages still aren't available, such as the toolbox that does HDL code generation, but those aren't available in the FOSS world either.