GNU Octave
Distribution
Octave is free software. This means that everyone is free to
use it and free to redistribute it on certain conditions. Octave is not
in the public domain. It is copyrighted and there are restrictions on
its distribution, but the restrictions are designed to ensure that
others will have the same freedom to use and redistribute Octave that
you have. The precise conditions can be found in the GNU General Public
License that comes with Octave and that also appears in F. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
Octave is available on CD-ROM with various collections of other free
software, and from the Free Software Foundation. Ordering a copy of
Octave from the Free Software Foundation helps to fund the development
of more free software. For more information, write to
Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place--Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111--1307
USA
Octave is also available on the Internet from
ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave, and additional information is
available from http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave.
