From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA19683; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:33:28 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 JAA19661 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:33:27 +0100 (MET) Received: from quetelet.bik-gmbh.de (quetelet.bik-gmbh.de [194.233.237.132]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fAT8XQT07338; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:33:26 +0100 (MET) Received: from hars by quetelet.bik-gmbh.de with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 169Mbu-0002xq-00; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:31:58 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:31:58 +0100 From: Florian Hars To: Xavier Leroy Cc: John Field , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Message-ID: <20011129093158.B11328@hars> References: <20011128192239.B9601@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011128192239.B9601@pauillac.inria.fr>; from xavier.leroy@inria.fr on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:22:39PM +0100 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:22:39PM +0100, Xavier Leroy wrote: > 2- Users can modify the runtime or the libraries themselves, but then > must make their modifications public under the same conditions as > the original source. Be careful, this requirement, at least in the way it is worded here, is in contradiction to the definition of free as used by the FSF and adopting a licence the implements it would make OCaml incompatible with the GPL. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html: "You should also have the freedom to make modifications and use them privately in your own work or play, without even mentioning that they exist." Yours, Florian Hars. ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr