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 CAA07758; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:20:16 +0100 (MET) 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 CAA07721 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:20:15 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail1.microsoft.com (mail1.microsoft.com [131.107.3.125]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fAU1KEH09040; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:20:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from inet-vrs-01.redmond.corp.microsoft.com ([157.54.8.27]) by mail1.microsoft.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.2966); Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:18:28 -0800 Received: from 157.54.8.155 by inet-vrs-01.redmond.corp.microsoft.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:18:28 -0800 Received: from red-msg-04.redmond.corp.microsoft.com ([157.54.12.74]) by inet-hub-04.redmond.corp.microsoft.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.2966); Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:18:28 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:18:25 -0800 Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml Thread-Index: AcF5L0AKaNkKqi1+RKaZ8eFsdrjPvwADWglw From: "Don Syme" To: , "Julian Assange" Cc: "Xavier Leroy" , "John Field" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Nov 2001 01:18:28.0012 (UTC) FILETIME=[EA5E1EC0:01C1793C] Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk And what if the OCaml modification to the LGPL gave you an opt-out from this clause as well? Just poking legal fun... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Greg Bacon [mailto:gbacon@fly.hiwaay.net]=20 Sent: 29 November 2001 23:13 To: Julian Assange Cc: Xavier Leroy; John Field; caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml=20 In message <20011129230153.55D4D259D2@suburbia.net>, Julian Assange writes: : > For a well-known counterexample, the Perl Kit is distributed either : > under the terms of the Artistic License or the GPL. :=20 : This is not a counter example. "all of the work, or none of the work". :=20 :=20 : Code : / \ : / \ : GPLisation Artification :=20 : At no stage does the Artistic License modify the GPL. Dual licensing is an implicit modification of the GPL: 5. You are not required to accept [the GPL], since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it. Greg ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ 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/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr