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 LAA31464; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:26 +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 LAA30632 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from mwinf1002.wanadoo.fr (ipoutme5.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.21]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2JAHOHd010350 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:24 +0100 Received: from lambda (AStrasbourg-206-1-23-200.w81-49.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.49.251.200]) by mwinf1002.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 364561C000F0; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from luther by lambda with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B4H4P-0005ba-00; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:41 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:17:41 +0100 To: Alex Baretta Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library) Message-ID: <20040319101741.GA21455@lambda> References: <20040318184118.GC702@first.in-berlin.de> <200403182010.i2IKAK1a008157@nerd-xing.mit.edu> <20040318232039.GA1912@redhat.com> <20040319103054F.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> <20040319085819.GB9616@redhat.com> <20040319091334.GB20532@lambda> <405AC57A.1090300@baretta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405AC57A.1090300@baretta.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 caml-list:01 run-time:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 2004:99 baretta:01 qpl:01 gpl:01 patched:01 patched:01 pristine:01 qpl:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 210 On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:03:38AM +0100, Alex Baretta wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >Because the QPL allows for modification to be reused by the ocaml team > >in other licences, while the GPL doesn't allow for this. > > > >Friendly, > > > >Sven Luther > > In my opinion it would be sensibile for INRIA to allow redistribution of > patched sources, so long as the author of the modifications allows INRIA > to include such modifications in its distributions under whichever > license INRIA chooses to use. Alex, ... I am not entirely sure, but since i distribute the patched ocaml in debian, and there has been no problem with that, i think there is some horrible confusion going on here. The named 'inria copyright' used for caml-light and earlier versions of ocaml did indeed restrict redistribution in other form than pristine source and patches. But this has been solved since many years now, and in particular the introduction of the QPL was part of that change. This is the main reason for debian not distributing caml-light, which still use the old problematic licence, as do caml-light derivative like moscow-ML, but this doesn't apply to Ocaml. Naturally, if you were meaning something else, please explain. > I would be more willing to contribute work on a GODI style ocaml > distribution if it were easily possible to walk through core Ocaml code > and modify if and when this may be needed. Noting is stopping you from doing that, Please read the QPL and LGPL before making such uninformed claims. 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