From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 034DBBC47 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:53:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9PFr1Xe005122 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:53:01 +0200 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 RAA27090 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:53:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.davidb.org (adsl-64-172-240-129.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [64.172.240.129]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9PFqx4f005113 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:53:00 +0200 Received: from davidb by mail.davidb.org with local (Exim 4.42 #1 (Debian)) id 1CM79V-00022K-4N; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:52:57 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:52:57 -0700 From: David Brown To: Ville-Pertti Keinonen Cc: David Brown , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announce: Schoca-0.2.3 released Message-ID: <20041025155257.GA7762@old.davidb.org> References: <1098642597.3075.32.camel@pelican.wigram> <20041025025832.GA1582@old.davidb.org> <20041025.123834.26988978.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <20041025050127.GA3599@old.davidb.org> <417CB289.1010700@exomi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <417CB289.1010700@exomi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 417D215D.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 417D215B.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 caml-list:01 wrote:01 gpl:01 gpl:01 rms:01 minor:01 readline:01 rms:01 25,:98 essentially:01 gnu:03 interpreted:05 mean:07 licensing:07 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:00:09AM +0300, Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote: > While you're essentially correct, the above could also be interpreted to > mean that you can get around the GPL by having the end-user link > GPL-incompatible software against a GPL component. According to RMS, > this is not acceptable, even for a minor, optional component (he > demanded that CLISP change its licensing due to the optional ability to > link against GNU readline; the author changed to GPL). RMS has changed his position on this, and, I believe, is going beyond what the GPL states to apply pressure for others to change their license. Dave