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 MAA14316; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:18 +0100 (MET) 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 MAA14392 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:17 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.23]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0OBSHv03577 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:17 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E0C33FD0113FD66; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:13 +0100 Received: from iliana (81.48.237.20) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E26DAA6004D2B0E; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:13 +0100 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18c20E-0001Of-00; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:06 +0100 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:28:06 +0100 To: Dmitry Bely Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: License wars Message-ID: <20030124112806.GA5340@iliana> References: <87ptqpunpk.fsf_-_@ketanu.dyndns.org> <3E2FC73D.1030003@baretta.com> <20030116103038.GA18198@swordfish> <022e01c2bd5b$1cb988b0$0a00a8c0@gateway> <15915.65485.636419.969429@lachesis.inria.fr> <20030120164653.GA6351@swordfish> <87ptqpunpk.fsf_-_@ketanu.dyndns.org> <20030124053337.GA25551@swordfish> <20030124084607.GA1471@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:16:37PM +0300, Dmitry Bely wrote: > Sven Luther writes: > > > BTW, a dual licence GPL+proprietary, is even better then for you than > > the BSd, since you can release the software under GPL for everyone, and > > then have another proprietary release for folk not wanting the GPL. > > It's only possible if you don't accept any patches from other people. The > patch's copyright is holded by its creator, so you cannot distribute entire > product under different license without the written permission from anyone > who contributed some code to your project. You just need to ask them if it is ok to include the patch in your proprietary tree also, this mean you have to maintain two trees though. Also some people may not want to release their patches to you, and it is their right to do so. Nothing is forcing you to accept their patch in your tree. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- 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