From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8717FBC88 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0VAfZJw031653 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:36 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA26343 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:35 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp.cegetel.net (mf01.sitadelle.com [212.94.174.78]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0VAfZcg031643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:35 +0100 Received: from warp (84-4-78-150.dti.cegetel.net [84.4.78.150]) by smtp.cegetel.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 56DE137DDB; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:33 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <001901c50781$65231220$ef01a8c0@warp> From: "Nicolas Cannasse" To: "Xavier Leroy" Cc: "Alex Baretta" , "Sven Luther" , "Ocaml" References: <20050128164744.GG13718@osiris.uid0.sk> <20050129.150538.78035843.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <20050130062235.GC32348@pegasos> <20050131.095711.27629180.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <41FDD853.5090801@barettadeit.com> <20050131073813.GC19902@pegasos> <41FDE282.7040709@barettadeit.com> <20050131090006.GA18352@yquem.inria.fr> <016a01c50779$e62f1650$ef01a8c0@warp> <20050131102958.GA23998@yquem.inria.fr> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml license - why not GPL? Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41FE0B5F.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41FE0B5F.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; cannasse:01 warplayer:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 gpl:01 cannasse:01 weasel:98 renewal:98 nicolas:02 nicolas:02 consortium:04 consortium:04 inria:05 xavier:06 xavier:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: > You see, consortium membership is based on mutual trust and the desire > to do things that will be beneficial to both parties (the member and > INRIA). Abuse is possible but won't get you very far (except being > labeled as a weasel). > > - Xavier Leroy I understand well now, I didn't knew about the consortium membership renewal. Don't take it bad Xavier I was not thinking about abusing the consortium rules, I was just suprised that such abuse could actually be possible using relicensing rules. The whole process looks fair enough to be accepted by industrial users, but maybe lack flexibility for open source business. Best Regards, Nicolas Cannasse