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 BAA14054; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:50:37 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA14517 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:50:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (outbound28-2.lax.untd.com [64.136.28.160]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i59NoYSH017428 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:50:35 +0200 Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (smtp04.lax.untd.com [10.130.24.124]) by smtpout04.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABANRJUGA6TV92J for (sender ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:50:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19512 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2004 23:50:02 -0000 Received: from 66-52-229-35.sttl.dial.netzero.com (HELO vangogh) (66.52.229.35) by smtp04.lax.untd.com with SMTP; 9 Jun 2004 23:50:02 -0000 From: "Brandon J. Van Every" To: "caml" Subject: RE: [Caml-list] MLGame library Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:59:48 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20040609223608.GA5524@grand> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-ContentStamp: 11:5:3502124386 X-MAIL-INFO: 39af3ad3633ad3cbced3ca4a571e9a6aca6b6acac76fcaea8b672b X-UNTD-OriginStamp: CI84cOLHFqh7Zd2QWkwvEFvwyO3T/pIsPQZphDk9MRhrSupqAdzRanCMG2glZy20 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40C7A24B.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; brandon:99 caml-list:01 gall:01 brandon:99 gpl:01 unacceptable:01 lgpl:01 gpl:01 lgpl:01 ocamlsdl:01 ocamlsdl:01 seattle:99 2004:99 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Sylvain LE GALL > Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > > > > This looks interesting. I am disappointed, however, that you are > > releasing it under the GPL. This makes it unacceptable for > > commercial > > use. Have you considered the LGPL, or do you strongly > > object to that? > > GPL/LGPL is the same problem, if you don't include in LGPL an ocaml > exception ( see the LGPL licence of ocaml itself ). I don't understand what you're saying, so maybe you can clarify. Here is my understanding of the LGPL. Since ancient times, one has been perfectly free to do whatever one likes *on top of* a LGPL library, i.e. linking to it. There is no 'exception' required, that's why it's the LGPL not the GPL. The only stipulation is you must redistribute the source code *of the LGPL library* along with your proprietary stuff on top of it. Your proprietary stuff can be completely and utterly closed. Now, how does OCaml create any complication with a LGPL licensed library? Surely OCamlSDL doesn't patch OCaml itself? Nor MLGame? And, I would note that SDL and OCamlSDL are LGPL licensed. So where is a 'licensing issue' coming from, except by choice of MLGame's authors? Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA 20% of the world is real. 80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 5/31/2004 ------------------- 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