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Date: | 2005-01-31 (07:47) |
From: | Alex Baretta <alex@b...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml license - why not GPL? |
Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:03:47AM +0100, Alex Baretta wrote: > >>Hmmm... This is an interesting point! The toplevel library includes the >>compiler code, which is licensed under the QPL, but yet somehow must be >>allowed to link to GPLed libraries and programs. If the toplevel library >> may not be linked with GPLed code, then the toplevel itself become >>hardly usable, and a significant portion of my code, which is GPLed and >>links the toplevel library, would be illegal. > > > Indeed. This bothers me quite a bit. Am I to expect a legal pursuit from INRIA for violating the QPL for having released mixed GPL+QPL code? Or am I to pursue myself because the QPL breaks my own GPLed code? >>Might the caml breeders please comment on this issue? I would really appreciate an official response from the INRIA people. I think Ocaml is a great tool for commercial free software development, but in order to be able to build a thriving business I must make sure that Xavier et al. won't meet me with a team of Dobermans to settle copyright issues... Alex -- ********************************************************************* http://www.barettadeit.com/ Baretta DE&IT A division of Baretta SRL tel. +39 02 370 111 55 fax. +39 02 370 111 54 Our technology: The Application System/Xcaml (AS/Xcaml) <http://www.asxcaml.org/> The FreerP Project <http://www.freerp.org/>