From: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Embedding the OCaml compiler
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:41:11 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1153798871.1389.1.camel@rosella.wigram> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607250428.58270.jon@ffconsultancy.com>
On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 04:28 +0100, Jon Harrop wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 01:50, Joel Reymont wrote:
> > Am I correct that embedding the OCaml compiler would require me to
> > release my code as open source?
> >
> > I was thinking of using OCaml as the DSL (with camlp4) like the
> > LexiFI guys do but I think I would need to embed the compiler.
>
> I believe you can invoke the OCaml compilers from closed-source software. You
> can even bundle the OCaml compilers with your software and use them
> transparently.
You just can't modify the sources directly. If you need to
change anything you have to supply the original source
and set of patches or equivalent. [Q public licence]
--
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-25 3:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-25 0:50 Joel Reymont
2006-07-25 3:28 ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2006-07-25 3:41 ` skaller [this message]
2006-07-25 9:54 ` Gerd Stolpmann
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