From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
To: Alessandro Baretta <a.baretta@barettadeit.com>
Cc: OCaml <caml-list@yquem.inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License question: tricky issue
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:38:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43E8DB16.4010102@inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43E852AA.1020805@barettadeit.com>
> Would the authors/copyright holders consider a tarball containing an
> Ocaml source tarball plus other source code and other source tarballs as
> a distribution of their software or as a derived work? The question is
> tricky due to the non-free public license adopted by Inria originally.
> [...]
> Notice that all modifications to other peoples code exist in my
> distribution in the form of patch files, which are automatically applied
> before the build process begins.
Sven's reply is perfectly correct: by distributing the Caml source
code unmodified, plus modifications as separate patches, you are 100%
in compliance with the letter (and the spirit) of the QPL.
(Moreover, the QPL + LGPL + exceptions combo we use for OCaml is free
software -- even the Debian legal team agrees with that :-)
So, please go ahead with your distributions plans, this is exactly how
we intend the Caml source to be used.
- Xavier Leroy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-07 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-07 7:56 Alessandro Baretta
2006-02-07 12:06 ` [Caml-list] " Sven Luther
2006-02-07 17:38 ` Xavier Leroy [this message]
2006-02-07 19:18 ` Alessandro Baretta
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