From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF00BC88 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0TNkskX018095 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:54 +0100 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 AAA28694 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:53 +0100 (MET) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0TNkqO0021496 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:53 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv2IZ-0003Dk-QT for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:39 +0100 Received: from 67.71.119.232 ([67.71.119.232]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:39 +0100 Received: from monnier by 67.71.119.232 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:46:39 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Stefan Monnier Subject: Re: Ocaml license - why not GPL? Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:46:33 -0500 Message-ID: <87brb7265u.fsf-monnier+gmane.comp.lang.caml.inria@gnu.org> References: <20050128164744.GG13718@osiris.uid0.sk> <20050128170854.GA18431@old.davidb.org> <200501281909.11006.jon@jdh30.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.71.119.232 User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VfCOCAQ0se3d55a/q6huMHS2FeU= Sender: news X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41FC206E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41FC206C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; umontreal:01 ocaml:01 gpl:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 compilers:01 run-time:01 ocamlopt:01 compilers:01 compiler:01 gpl:01 imho:01 afaik:01 ...:98 frog:98 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_BY_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: >> The only thing that would be restricted would be if your program links >> with or uses parts of the compiler itself. > A commercial product may bundle and use the ocaml compilers and run-time in > their entirety (e.g. by executing ocamlopt) without infringing the license. > Commercial products may not link to or lift code from the compilers though, > of course, as this counts as redistribution of a modification to the > compiler. The GPL does not put any restriction on commercial use. Only on proprietary use. Do not confuse the two. > IMHO, academics be encouraged by their funding bodies to release their > code under an artistic/BSD license because they are funded by the tax > payer. Naturally, this shouldn't apply to me. [...] > Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. AFAIK much consulting work pays for the service, not for the code, in which case GPL code can be used without any problem. Stefan