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 WAA20368; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:28:56 +0200 (MET DST) 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 WAA30921 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:28:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from rabelais.socialtools.net (rabelais.socialtools.net [81.2.94.243]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h8KKSt508259 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:28:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix, from userid 108) id 7EB46232DF; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:28:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from socialtools.net (chaucer.socialtools.net [81.2.94.242]) by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A351232DA for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:28:23 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <3F6CB865.8030902@socialtools.net> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:28:21 +0100 From: Benjamin Geer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en, fr, it MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Commercial application written in O'Caml: ExcelEverywhere References: <3F6AB7CB.6020505@abc.se> <1063969848.27470.42.camel@pelican> <20030919144920.GC4205@redhat.com> <1064085899.2679.58.camel@pelican> In-Reply-To: <1064085899.2679.58.camel@pelican> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,MISSING_HEADERS,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA,X_ACCEPT_LANG version=2.54 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.54 (1.174.2.17-2003-05-11-exp) X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 standardised:01 patents:99 source-code:01 o'caml:02 wrote:03 seems:05 product:92 benjamin:07 written:08 U5:88 aren't:12 affect:12 affect:12 but:16 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk skaller wrote: > In particular, I would like my product to > be ISO Standardised, IANAL, but it seems to me that the ISO standardises specifications, not implementations. Patents are an issue for specifications, because they affect all possible implementations (as in the case you mentioned), but source-code copyrights aren't, because only affect one particular implementation; anyone is free to make their own implementation of the same spec. Ben ------------------- 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