From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3408BBAF for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:26:22 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvUAACPJUktDww/BkWdsb2JhbACDYY4JgQSJFQEBAQEJCwoHEwOqdCmBMoNwhlABBQQBgSeCMFYE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,291,1262559600"; d="scan'208";a="41964307" Received: from web111511.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([67.195.15.193]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with SMTP; 17 Jan 2010 17:26:21 +0100 Received: (qmail 2492 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Jan 2010 16:26:20 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1263745580; bh=euGGDS1UZI9WTGrkCdaW4xP0zKR/CMo9epZeo2i/D00=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Wr/M342cyeGBbuPvXfkjvj4vFaaoTC8IUtD54SAHVAWUX/TjTUWimrBI5ZnnXqMoKF3xcovcq3Fq82jH2+PcVj1Tgw5bATb3i3oUlTPx7uASSJ6pCZsU1AJFtmGd+/vx0+9kd6y8xYh9k9FfN6j0KMteIkI2j7i6aDcC6lokHXI= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=uvhXFYsm9aAJDmSmcNc2CIhmUUGo7+wzUkdHglvw54r8R3tLySikDNMNXv1xdfTxaHmg41LgDPtwVZn+QTBijq8h6mKGntQGpeHx0JWfIsQofX60GIO1QjnwTnlQm2+YUljcL4Co7utdAFxtbCsW0DODUdcX9GCjufjADNh/F84=; Message-ID: <313018.1549.qm@web111511.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: HHxOQW4VM1nhAupdAlvzgxyYgDUIcpGA8TGNLulg_dWiucEH7ZWy2EqAebgDzYuc7snR2lQAS9zNdIJIdUixyQsnEY3jC4MBxoiYLMauA3UgJaMOT7rjDY9wZAlxP1fb8ldPznKkfpFFXM2SfESblh.GZF68WOrWvavEZmY6F2vbiO10vrzs8EAgtW8fcM8YS_JVT0RSD.zWgTb4j.9F7L4sTuNCq2RiMu1dzB0M3S3gVwO1.Mw4Z6RI6ZpRsEzjz5_0OUyjkK5cBd9zeP8MUnL5AkNGPEZl0WplGp66snUi0IYBm0QrVWN0LusKt7haBI6ReVSH7B6Z.5u49TaFU0bXKwzIN5YXvpBHWDb_7Xeo_xCm7mkYvt8awOoWHK9nhtagkYoxz7shAuhEajmMFQwihujfL1TdkUy9dSlCFA0a0aPDHsl41PyBs4h9Di9lTNPc4ytT3w-- Received: from [213.205.71.52] by web111511.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:26:20 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.1.10 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:26:20 -0800 (PST) From: Dario Teixeira Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GPL with linking exception? To: guillaume.yziquel@citycable.ch Cc: OCaml List In-Reply-To: <4B53349C.7060700@citycable.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam: no; 0.00; bytecode:01 runtime:01 bytecode:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 cheers:01 waterproof:98 gpl:01 gpl:01 imho:01 exception:01 caml-list:01 linking:02 center:95 elaborate:07 Hi,=0A=0A> My question about GPL is mostly the following: Can you=0A> distr= ibute GPL bytecode files? Do you have any issues when=0A> 'linking' the run= time with the GPL bytecode?=0A> =0A> Or are there other issues preventing f= rom releasing GPL OCaml code?=0A=0AIf you want a waterproof lawyerly respon= se you should consider contacting=0Aan organisation like the Software Freed= om Law Center [1]. Nevertheless,=0AIMHO I see no obstacle in using the GPL= with Ocaml code, and there are=0Ain fact plenty of Ocaml projects using th= is license. Could you elaborate=0Aon why you feel that the GPL could in th= eory prevent the release of Ocaml=0Acode?=0A=0ACheers,=0ADario Teixeira=0A= =0A[1] http://www.softwarefreedom.org/=0A=0A=0A=0A