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From: james woodyatt <jhw@wetware.com>
To: omake@metaprl.org
Cc: Caml List <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announcing the OMake build system version 0.9.1
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:12:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7810902A-FF99-11D8-8747-000A958FF2FE@wetware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <413B795A.4020305@cs.caltech.edu>

On 05 Sep 2004, at 13:38, Aleksey Nogin wrote:
> On 04.09.2004 18:18, james woodyatt wrote:
>>
>> OMake looks good, but it is GPL— which prevents me from using it 
>> until it is a widely distributed and mature product.
>
> Could you please explain what kinds of things you might want to do and 
> what license(s) would be needed to make it possible?

I want to be able to extend the functions so that my build system knows 
how to use more toolchains than just C and Ocaml, and I want those 
extensions to be bundled with my non-GPL code.  If I were to use Omake, 
then I expect my code would link to the functions in the Omake 
distribution, and I would then be in violation of the GPL if I didn't 
use a GPL-compatible license for my distribution.

> Right now omake only contains code written by 3 people (if I am not 
> mistaken), so if there is a strong argument for a different license, 
> then we might consider it.

I think LGPL might be a more appropriate license for you if you are 
interested in broadening the user base for Omake beyond the GPL 
cybersphere.

I'm not trying to argue for you to change the license.  I am not nearly 
enough of an egomaniac to believe that my declining to use your tool 
should be considered a "strong argument" for you to adopt a different 
license.


-- 
j h woodyatt <jhw@wetware.com>
markets are only free to the people who own them.
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-06  0:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-04 16:26 Jason Hickey
2004-09-04 17:42 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-09-04 18:27   ` chris.danx
2004-09-04 19:59     ` Matthieu Dubuget
2004-09-05  5:20       ` skaller
2004-09-05 13:20         ` David Brown
2004-09-05 14:31           ` skaller
2004-09-05 16:02             ` David Brown
2004-09-05 16:14               ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-09-05 15:07           ` chris.danx
2004-09-05 15:53             ` skaller
2004-09-06  0:25               ` chris.danx
2004-09-06  8:17                 ` skaller
2004-09-05 13:38         ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 14:50           ` chris.danx
2004-09-05 15:01             ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 15:44               ` chris.danx
2004-09-05 16:10                 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 17:38                   ` skaller
2004-09-05 17:15                 ` skaller
2004-09-05 16:11               ` skaller
2004-09-05 16:21                 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 19:09                   ` skaller
2004-09-05 15:08           ` skaller
2004-09-05 15:38             ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 17:04               ` skaller
2004-09-05 18:45                 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 20:12                   ` skaller
2004-09-05 21:30                     ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 22:41                       ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-09-06 12:13                         ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-05 16:09             ` David Brown
2004-09-05 18:31               ` skaller
2004-09-06 10:56                 ` Andreas Rossberg
2004-09-06 15:51                   ` skaller
2004-09-06  7:11           ` Christian Lindig
2004-09-06 12:20             ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-09-06 14:12               ` Christian Lindig
2004-09-06  1:06         ` Richard Jones
2004-09-06  1:50           ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-09-06  9:09             ` skaller
2004-09-06  8:59           ` skaller
2004-09-04 23:58     ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-09-05  1:18       ` james woodyatt
2004-09-05  1:26         ` [Caml-list] Perl Conjury (alternative to Unix make) james woodyatt
2004-09-05  2:03         ` [Caml-list] Announcing the OMake build system version 0.9.1 David Brown
2004-09-05  2:37           ` james woodyatt
2004-09-05  6:24             ` Nathaniel Gray
2004-09-05 20:38         ` Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-06  0:12           ` james woodyatt [this message]
2004-09-06  0:33             ` [Omake] " Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-06  3:54               ` Brian Hurt
2004-09-06  6:39                 ` Jason Hickey
2004-09-06  8:10                   ` james woodyatt
2004-09-06  7:50                 ` [Omake] " Erik de Castro Lopo
2004-09-06 14:52                   ` Brian Hurt
2004-09-06 17:20                     ` skaller
2004-09-06  9:52                 ` skaller
2004-09-06 15:10                   ` Brian Hurt
2004-09-07 13:26                 ` David Brown
2004-09-06  1:14             ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-09-06  2:35             ` Jacques GARRIGUE
2004-09-06  9:38               ` skaller
2004-09-06 11:34                 ` Jacques Garrigue
2004-09-06 16:28                   ` skaller
2004-09-06 16:42                     ` Christopher A. Watford
2004-09-06 16:59                       ` Richard Jones
2004-09-07  2:21                     ` Jacques GARRIGUE
2004-09-07  6:17                       ` skaller
2004-09-07  8:24                         ` Benjamin Geer
2004-09-07 13:35                     ` David Brown
2004-09-06  7:51             ` Daniel Andor
2004-09-05 20:38   ` Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-05 22:57     ` Olivier Grisel
2004-09-06  0:17       ` Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-06 13:31         ` Olivier Grisel
2004-09-06 19:28           ` [Caml-list] Godi for OMake [Was: Announcing the OMake build system version 0.9.1] Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-06 20:18             ` Olivier Grisel
     [not found]               ` <41537DAE.1050601@cs.caltech.edu>
2004-09-24 13:50                 ` Olivier Grisel
2004-09-24 18:37                   ` [Caml-list] OCamlFind support in OMake [Was: Godi for OMake] Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-04 18:01 ` [Caml-list] Announcing the OMake build system version 0.9.1 Yaron Minsky
2004-09-05  1:38   ` Eray Ozkural
2004-09-05  6:12 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-09-05 12:48   ` Yaron Minsky
2004-09-05 20:39     ` Aleksey Nogin
2004-09-06 12:24 Jason Smith
2004-09-06 15:54 ` Christopher A. Watford

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