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 sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE8AC7EE51 for ; Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:29 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch) identity=pra; client-ip=74.55.86.74; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch"; x-sender="daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=74.55.86.74; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch"; x-sender="daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@smtp.webfaction.com) identity=helo; client-ip=74.55.86.74; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch"; x-sender="postmaster@smtp.webfaction.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AusBAJWXnlFKN1ZKlWdsb2JhbABZgzmDOr50gSIOAQEBAQcNCQkSKoIjAQEEASNbCwsaAiYCAkcQIYd/BgSoNJFZgSaNRDoWgisyYQOdRhOOMg X-IPAS-Result: AusBAJWXnlFKN1ZKlWdsb2JhbABZgzmDOr50gSIOAQEBAQcNCQkSKoIjAQEEASNbCwsaAiYCAkcQIYd/BgSoNJFZgSaNRDoWgisyYQOdRhOOMg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,730,1363129200"; d="scan'208";a="15504223" Received: from mail6.webfaction.com (HELO smtp.webfaction.com) ([74.55.86.74]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 May 2013 00:28:29 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.126] (cpc3-cmbg9-0-0-cust324.5-4.cable.virginmedia.com [81.103.21.69]) by smtp.webfaction.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0514820F1677 for ; Thu, 23 May 2013 22:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 23:28:24 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Daniel_B=C3=BCnzli?= To: caml-list@inria.fr Message-ID: <8309261FB98F4DD9B3CA9A27C71C612E@erratique.ch> In-Reply-To: <519E8BD2.2070502@glondu.net> References: <20130522123427.GA1894@siouxsie> <519CC1C8.3060502@etorok.net> <20130522171907.GA6073@notk.org> <519DB8D2.5080102@glondu.net> <519E8BD2.2070502@glondu.net> X-Mailer: sparrow 1.6.4 (build 1178) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Licenses - Confusion Le jeudi, 23 mai 2013 =C3=A0 22:36, St=C3=A9phane Glondu a =C3=A9crit : > Humans don't care about licenses. That must be the reason we are discussing them.=20=20 Le jeudi, 23 mai 2013 =C3=A0 22:07, Marek Kubica a =C3=A9crit : > I read the GPL2 some time ago and found it not that difficult to > understand, actually. Oh yes me too. The big question is whether you actually understand it that = the same way a lawyer would --- my guess is no.=20=20 Le jeudi, 23 mai 2013 =C3=A0 22:39, Ernesto Posse a =C3=A9crit : > I'm afraid this is a little bit too naive. I am not a lawyer, and I agree= that the GPL is quite unreadable, but the choice of licence does matter, a= nd has real consequences. If you read me correctly I never said that the choice didn't matter. I was = asking for licenses that are reasonably understandable without needing a la= wyer.=20=20 > A BSD or MIT licence is very permissive, but one could argue that they is= too permissive, with no attribution required for example.=20=20 That assertion is wrong for BSD{2,3} (clause 2). Le jeudi, 23 mai 2013 =C3=A0 23:11, Stefano Zacchiroli a =C3=A9crit : > The topic you raise here is fairly complex, so I'd be weary of > "certainty" if I were you :) True. Best, Daniel