From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 832EFBC69 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:12:11 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAON9LUfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACOcQIBCAopgQ8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,368,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="5437655" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2007 17:12:11 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA4GCAXS016207 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:12:11 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAJZ+LUfLENaNnmdsb2JhbACOcQIBAQcEBhEYgQ8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,368,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4025200" Received: from ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.141]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2007 17:12:06 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAON9LUd5LH/+Wmdsb2JhbAAMjlsBIIE2 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,368,1188743400"; d="scan'208";a="221199524" Received: from ppp121-44-127-254.lns10.syd6.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.201]) ([121.44.127.254]) by ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2007 02:42:03 +1030 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Smoke Vector Graphics: source code licenses for sale From: skaller To: Oliver Bandel Cc: OCaml In-Reply-To: <1194188801.472de001905ce@webmail.in-berlin.de> References: <200711041201.10255.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <1194188801.472de001905ce@webmail.in-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:12:01 +1100 Message-Id: <1194192721.25159.14.camel@rosella.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 472DEF5A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; 0100,:01 bandel:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 smoke:98 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 oliver:01 oliver:01 caml-list:01 graphics:02 seems:03 programming:03 licence:05 licence:05 On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 16:06 +0100, Oliver Bandel wrote: > Looks, like the Spam-Filter should be re-adjusted ;-) > > Ciao, > Oliver Why is that? This list is for Ocaml stuff. No one said any particular licence. No one said free, pretend free, or downright encumbered by a stupid licence. In case you didn't realise .. programming is *primarily* a commercial (for money) activity which is *primarily* intended to support commercial or governmental activity (including academic and semi-academic institutions). Lack of commercial support -- the kind Jon is offering -- is one of the impediments to industry taking Ocaml seriously. It seems around 100 readers agree, if you can believe Jon's stats: "Our download statistics for last month show 94 hits for the 3.09 version and 56 hits for the 3.10 version" Lets hope Jon gets some sales .. he's one of the few commercial support providers around. -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net