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 JAA12227; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:45:12 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA12188 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:45:11 +0100 (MET) 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 AAA06576 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:02:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from suburbia.net (suburbia.net [203.4.184.1]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fATN20T06801; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:02:02 +0100 (MET) Received: by suburbia.net (Postfix, from userid 110) id 55D4D259D2; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:01:53 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml In-Reply-To: <200111291311.fATDBthM014279@mail.hiwaay.net> To: gbacon@hiwaay.net Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:01:53 +1100 (EST) Cc: Xavier Leroy , Julian Assange , John Field , caml-list@inria.fr X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL93 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <20011129230153.55D4D259D2@suburbia.net> From: proff@iq.org (Julian Assange) 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. This is not a counter example. "all of the work, or none of the work". Code / \ / \ GPLisation Artification At no stage does the Artistic License modify the GPL. -- Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and proff@iq.org |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery ------------------- 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