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 JAA19641; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:25 +0100 (MET) 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 JAA19646 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:24 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fAT8WAT07297; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:11 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA19643; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:32:10 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: Julian Assange Cc: John Field , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Message-ID: <20011129093210.A19619@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20011128192239.B9601@pauillac.inria.fr> <20011129003818.EB7EF259CB@suburbia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20011129003818.EB7EF259CB@suburbia.net>; from proff@iq.org on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:38:18AM +1100 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > > as BSD or X don't meet criterion 2. Our current hope is that the LGPL > > with a special exception to paragraph 6 saying "you can link with our > > code any way you like" would fulfill all three requirements. > > The {L,}GPL is itself copyright, and not under the {L,GPL}, so you can't do > this. Don't pull my leg. Of course, the copyright owner can say "this code is distributed under the conditions of the LGPL (quoted below in extenso), with the special exception that ...". Sheesh. What next? I can't shave because the FSF advocates beards? - Xavier Leroy ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr