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 EAA27578; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:58:39 +0200 (MET DST) 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 EAA27337 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:58:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.davidb.org (adsl-64-172-240-129.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [64.172.240.129]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9P2wZnN020726 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:58:37 +0200 Received: from davidb by mail.davidb.org with local (Exim 4.42 #1 (Debian)) id 1CLv44-0000Rn-CI; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:58:32 -0700 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:58:32 -0700 From: David Brown To: skaller Cc: Christoph Bauer , OCaml List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announce: Schoca-0.2.3 released Message-ID: <20041025025832.GA1582@old.davidb.org> References: <1098642597.3075.32.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098642597.3075.32.camel@pelican.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 417C6BDB.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 caml-list:01 2004:99 gpl:01 gpl'd:01 distaste:01 gpl:01 gpl'd:01 lgpl:01 incompatible:01 contaminate:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 exception:02 dave:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 04:29:59AM +1000, skaller wrote: > It would be useful when making an anouncement if you could > specify the licence. This saves wasting time. > > On the home page it says: > > "This software is free for free software. It is released under the GPL." > > Hmm. So if I link it against the Ocaml standard libraries, > they have to be GPL'd too. But they're not .. What??? I know your distaste for the GPL, but there is no incompatibility between the Ocaml standard libraries and a GPL'd program. The Ocaml libraries are LGPL with a special exception that lets you build executibles using them, unrestricted. The GPL is not an infectious agent. It may be incompatible with some libraries, but it doesn't contaminate other code, other than encouraging people to put their own code under the GPL. Or are you referring to some other "standard libraries"? BTW, Christoph, the GPL seems to fit well with your stated goals. Dave ------------------- 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