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 MAA14178; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:52 +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 MAA14579 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:51 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from athlon.baretta.com (host225-68.pool80116.interbusiness.it [80.116.68.225]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0OBSor20488 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from baretta.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.baretta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1BF2724F for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:31:58 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3E31242E.5090305@baretta.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:31:58 +0100 From: Alessandro Baretta Organization: Baretta srl -- www.baretta.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: it, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ocaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: License wars References: <15915.65485.636419.969429@lachesis.inria.fr> <20030120164653.GA6351@swordfish> <87ptqpunpk.fsf_-_@ketanu.dyndns.org> <3E2FC73D.1030003@baretta.com> <20030116103038.GA18198@swordfish> <022e01c2bd5b$1cb988b0$0a00a8c0@gateway> <15915.65485.636419.969429@lachesis.inria.fr> <20030120164653.GA6351@swordfish> <87ptqpunpk.fsf_-_@ketanu.dyndns.org> <20030124053337.GA25551@swordfish> <20030124084607.GA1471@iliana> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Dmitry Bely wrote: > > It's only possible if you don't accept any patches from other people. The > patch's copyright is holded by its creator, so you cannot distribute entire > product under different license without the written permission from anyone > who contributed some code to your project. There actually exist free software projects--major ones--where contributors are asked (or forced) to donate their copyright to the managing foundation or company. In this context, the developer can do whatever he wants with his code and that of the contributors alike. Alex ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners