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 LAA18829; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:18:58 +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 LAA18944 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:18:57 +0100 (MET) Received: from dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.44.193]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fBBAIuT29881 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:18:57 +0100 (MET) Received: (from luther@localhost) by dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA29907; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:19:48 +0100 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:19:48 +0100 From: Sven To: Jacques Garrigue Cc: rms@gnu.org, caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Message-ID: <20011211111948.A29853@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> References: <20011206132606.A6756@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <200112070312.fB73C6001570@aztec.santafe.edu> <20011210162847.A23006@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <20011211082405A.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20011211082405A.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp>; from garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:24:05AM +0900 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:24:05AM +0900, Jacques Garrigue wrote: > > This clause is often known as "modified GPL", and allows in fact more > than the LGPL. > But it looks like we made a different choice for ocaml, applying a > similar clause to the LGPL rather than the GPL. It avoids to have to > prove to everybody that the "modified GPL" is liberal enough... > Also, I wonder whether you can relicense under LGPL code released under > "modified GPL"? The wording does not say so, but the constraints are > similar. One could imagine simply dual licencing it under both the LGPL and the modified GPL. Anyway, i guess now the choice is for xavier and the rest of the ocaml team to make, ... Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- 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