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 NAA07519; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:11 +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 NAA08730 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from mwinf0103.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2JCVdKW032196 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:39 +0100 Received: from lambda (AStrasbourg-206-1-23-200.w81-49.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.49.251.200]) by mwinf0103.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id EBCBB1BFC2C1; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from luther by lambda with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B4J9f-00067l-00; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:15 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:12 +0100 To: Benjamin Geer Cc: Sven Luther , Alex Baretta , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library) Message-ID: <20040319123112.GA23502@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> <20040319101741.GA21455@lambda> <405ADE38.1080509@socialtools.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405ADE38.1080509@socialtools.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at nez-perce 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 patched:01 qpl:01 compiler:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 patch:02 binary:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 225 On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:49:12AM +0000, Benjamin Geer wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >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 QPL says: > > You may make modifications to the Software and > distribute your modifications, in a form that is > separate from the Software, such as patches. > > This means that you cannot distribute modified compiler source code; you > can only distribute patches. Someone who wants to use your modified > compiler is therefore forced to install the standard compiler, then > apply your patch. But then, it says : 4. You may distribute machine-executable forms of the Software or machine-executable forms of modified versions of the Software, provided that you meet these restrictions: ... So, i see no problem here. This is opposed to the old inria stuff, which prohibited binary distribution of modified works. 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