From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: Ocaml license - why not GPL?
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:46:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87brb7265u.fsf-monnier+gmane.comp.lang.caml.inria@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200501281909.11006.jon@jdh30.plus.com>
>> The only thing that would be restricted would be if your program links
>> with or uses parts of the compiler itself.
> A commercial product may bundle and use the ocaml compilers and run-time in
> their entirety (e.g. by executing ocamlopt) without infringing the license.
> Commercial products may not link to or lift code from the compilers though,
> of course, as this counts as redistribution of a modification to the
> compiler.
The GPL does not put any restriction on commercial use. Only on
proprietary use. Do not confuse the two.
> IMHO, academics be encouraged by their funding bodies to release their
> code under an artistic/BSD license because they are funded by the tax
> payer. Naturally, this shouldn't apply to me.
[...]
> Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
AFAIK much consulting work pays for the service, not for the code, in which
case GPL code can be used without any problem.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-29 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-28 16:47 Jozef Kosoru
2005-01-28 17:08 ` [Caml-list] " David Brown
2005-01-28 19:09 ` Jon Harrop
2005-01-29 23:46 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2005-01-28 17:14 ` Luc Maranget
2005-01-29 6:05 ` Jacques Garrigue
2005-01-30 6:22 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-31 0:57 ` Jacques Garrigue
2005-01-31 7:03 ` Alex Baretta
2005-01-31 7:38 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-31 7:47 ` Alex Baretta
2005-01-31 7:59 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-31 9:09 ` skaller
2005-01-31 9:23 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-31 9:00 ` Xavier Leroy
2005-01-31 9:15 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-31 9:47 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2005-01-31 10:29 ` Xavier Leroy
2005-01-31 10:41 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2005-01-31 11:08 ` Alex Baretta
2005-01-31 11:49 ` Alex Baretta
2005-01-31 7:35 ` Sven Luther
2005-01-30 6:18 ` Sven Luther
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