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 CAA14689; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 02:12:46 +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 CAA10935 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 02:12:43 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from wetware.com (wetware.wetware.com [199.108.16.1]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i860CgBl008454 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 02:12:43 +0200 Received: from [208.177.152.17] (helo=[10.0.1.5]) by wetware.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1C477h-0003D6-U5; Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:12:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: <413B795A.4020305@cs.caltech.edu> References: <4139ECD3.1050708@cs.caltech.edu> <001e01c492a6$872c7280$19b0e152@warp> <413A0921.7030607@ntlworld.com> <002301c492db$11b9aa10$19b0e152@warp> <90216F7A-FED9-11D8-837C-000A958FF2FE@wetware.com> <413B795A.4020305@cs.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Message-Id: <7810902A-FF99-11D8-8747-000A958FF2FE@wetware.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Caml List From: james woodyatt Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announcing the OMake build system version 0.9.1 Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:12:41 -0700 To: omake@metaprl.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 413BAB7A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; woodyatt:01 jhw:01 wetware:01 caml-list:01 38,:01 woodyatt:01 gpl:01 non-gpl:01 gpl:01 lgpl:01 declining:99 jhw:01 wetware:01 ocaml:01 sep:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk 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=97 which prevents me from using it=20 >> until it is a widely distributed and mature product. > > Could you please explain what kinds of things you might want to do and=20= > 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=20= how to use more toolchains than just C and Ocaml, and I want those=20 extensions to be bundled with my non-GPL code. If I were to use Omake,=20= then I expect my code would link to the functions in the Omake=20 distribution, and I would then be in violation of the GPL if I didn't=20 use a GPL-compatible license for my distribution. > Right now omake only contains code written by 3 people (if I am not=20 > mistaken), so if there is a strong argument for a different license,=20= > then we might consider it. I think LGPL might be a more appropriate license for you if you are=20 interested in broadening the user base for Omake beyond the GPL=20 cybersphere. I'm not trying to argue for you to change the license. I am not nearly=20= enough of an egomaniac to believe that my declining to use your tool=20 should be considered a "strong argument" for you to adopt a different=20 license. --=20 j h woodyatt markets are only free to the people who own them.= ------------------- 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