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Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml

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        Jérôme Marant
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From:	Daniel de Rauglaudre <daniel.de_rauglaudre@i...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] License Conditions for OCaml

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 10:04:49AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:

>   I know that OCaml is distributed under the QPL and this license
>   is not GPL-compatible. This means that people (Ocaml program
>   writers) cannot redistribute their programs under the GPL
>   (they have to choose LGPL instead, for example).

Not at all. I distribute GeneWeb (100% pure OCaml) under the GPL.
If you compile a C program with gcc, you are not obliged to distribute
it under the GPL. Compiler and user program are two different things.

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Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE
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