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 KAA21744; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:09 +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 KAA21565 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-3.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.233]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1O9O8T04095 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E0C33B5025090C0; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:07 +0100 Received: from iliana (80.11.160.88) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E26DAA6015AD856; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:07 +0100 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18nEqD-0000Q0-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:05 +0100 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:24:04 +0100 To: Nicolas Cannasse Cc: Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer , Sven Luther , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] User library license Message-ID: <20030224092404.GB826@iliana> References: <20030223170018.GA1456@iliana> <00d501c2dba6$6c2085c0$1c13f9ca@Warp2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00d501c2dba6$6c2085c0$1c13f9ca@Warp2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:45:34AM +0900, Nicolas Cannasse wrote: > > > > Regarding license ... I suppose LGPL could be fine. > > > > > > The new "user code library" is a good idea, but GPL > > > and LGPL are both bad ideas. > > > > The best idea is to use the same licence the ocaml runtime currently > > uses : > > > > The Library is distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General > > Public License version 2 (found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2 > > on debian systems). > > And what about a "do anything you want with it, including compiling, > modifiying, inserting bugs" license ? > I mean, this kind of collaborative work shouldn't even be (c) > (although it's fair to maintain a list of contributors somewhere in the > distribution) The problem with that is that anyone can take your work, modify it, and don't give anything back, look at apple for example, they took the BSD kernel, and don't give anything back. I think licencing is the main reason they choose a BSD kernel over a linux one back then. I suppose some people (including me) would not be willing to contribute code under these circunstances, so i don't think it would be best for the project, since the aim is to put in common the code. Also, the main argument, is that it gains you nothing more, since you have to link with the ocaml runtime anyway, which is licenced as LGPL + exception. 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