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 KAA10662; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:05:28 +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 KAA13564 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:05:27 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mwinf0403.wanadoo.fr (smtp5.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.27]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h6M85RT04051 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:05:27 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from bdb (ASt-Lambert-104-1-5-24.w81-49.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.49.43.24]) by mwinf0403.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 6555450002F1; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:05:26 +0200 (CEST) From: "BdB" To: "Alan Post" , Subject: RE: [Caml-list] licensing (was Re: GODI (was: CTAN/CPAN for Caml (COCAN ...?))) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:02:05 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 cpan:01 -pack:01 avoiding:01 nameclash:01 caml:01 folks:01 o'caml:02 patches:02 complain:03 indeed:06 practice:06 language:10 license:10 distribute:10 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > > Not that I think that we should take over development of O'CaML, but > > the "-pack" option does not seem to help avoiding nameclash and I > > don't want to just complain about it... > > You are actually not permitted by the license to "take over > development of O'CaML". In practice, this means that it is indeed > very important what the INRIA folks think about any given issue. The community always has the ability to distribute patches. I just don't think the community should try to think about major language modifications on its own, not because of licensing, but because we just won't be good at this. ------------------- 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