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 OAA26812; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:12:01 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA26801 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:11:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.hiwaay.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fATDBwH26357; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:11:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (IDENT:26599@fly.hiwaay.net [208.147.154.56]) by mail.hiwaay.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATDBthM014279; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:11:55 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200111291311.fATDBthM014279@mail.hiwaay.net> To: Xavier Leroy cc: Julian Assange , John Field , caml-list@inria.fr Reply-To: gbacon@hiwaay.net Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy. X-Face: "7sfK9d*!trQg^>swxP}M|R|<7$tFtlm|Z(4M$i`?}l87xigz\37|mQUBi/ct#>=H,&(V!A 6=jnjOfA#.0Q@jF1t~Eue)5=zFI Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml In-Reply-To: Message from Xavier Leroy of "Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:10 +0100." <20011129093210.A19619@pauillac.inria.fr> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:11:55 -0600 From: Greg Bacon Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk In message <20011129093210.A19619@pauillac.inria.fr>, Xavier Leroy writes: : > The {L,}GPL is itself copyright, and not under the {L,GPL}, so you can't do : > this. : : Don't pull my leg. Of course, the copyright owner can say "this code : is distributed under the conditions of the LGPL (quoted below in extenso), : with the special exception that ...". : : Sheesh. What next? I can't shave because the FSF advocates beards? For a well-known counterexample, the Perl Kit is distributed either under the terms of the Artistic License or the GPL. Greg ------------------- 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