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| From: | Sven Luther <luther@d...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] User library license |
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 07:30:42AM +0100, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: > > > > Regarding license ... I suppose LGPL could be fine. > > The new "user code library" is a good idea, but GPL > and LGPL are both bad ideas. The best idea is to use the same licence the ocaml runtime currently uses : The Library is distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2 (found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2 on debian systems). As a special exception to the GNU Library General Public License, you may link, statically or dynamically, a "work that uses the Library" with a publicly distributed version of the Library to produce an executable file containing portions of the Library, and distribute that executable file under terms of your choice, without any of the additional requirements listed in clause 6 of the GNU Library General Public License. By "a publicly distributed version of the Library", we mean either the unmodified Library as distributed by INRIA, or a modified version of the Library that is distributed under the conditions defined in clause 3 of the GNU Library General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU Library General Public License. Anything less restrictive would not be usefull, since you link with the ocaml runtime anyway. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- 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/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners