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 JAA20673; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:53:45 +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 JAA20481 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:53:44 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fAT8rST08559; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:53:28 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA20656; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:53:27 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:53:27 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: Florian Hars Cc: John Field , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Message-ID: <20011129095327.A19662@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20011128192239.B9601@pauillac.inria.fr> <20011129093158.B11328@hars> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20011129093158.B11328@hars>; from florian@hars.de on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:31:58AM +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. I wasn't trying to draft a license, just getting the ideas across. Of course, private modifications are OK. What I meant is a (L)GPL-like condition: if you distribute (something that includes) the modified runtime or libraries, the modifications themselves are free software and distributed under the same conditions as the original. - Xavier "awaiting the next hair to split" Leroy ------------------- 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