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Date: | 2005-06-02 (04:23) |
From: | Robert Roessler <roessler@r...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] ocamlopt and *using* DLLs |
I have resent the original message. :) I would be happy to discuss this further with yourself and/or Nicolas... although off-list might be a better venue, since licensing discussions are not always well-received here. Harry Chomsky wrote: > Oh goodness... I'm afraid your question about the license got lost from > my Inbox when I cleaned out all my Caml-related stuff last year. I'm > sorry I never answered you! > > I haven't taken any time to think about or work on OCaml-Win32 since > then, but I made Nicolas an administrator of the SourceForge project and > hoped that he could keep things moving. I actually don't have strong > opinions about the best license for this project. Nicolas, do you think > there is an advantage (or disadvantage) to changing the license to "LPGL > + linking exception", as Robert requests? If you both agree that that > would be better, I would be happy to reissue the code with that change > in the license. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Roessler" <roessler@rftp.com> > To: "Caml-list" <caml-list@inria.fr> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocamlopt and *using* DLLs > > >> Nicolas Cannasse wrote: >> >>>>> You can have a look at the OCaml Win32 API library Makefile that have >>>>> different ways of building and linking it >>>>> (http://ocaml-win32.sourceforge.net/). >>>> >>>> >>>> This is actually funny - about a year and a half ago, when I was first >>>> looking at OCaml, I corresponded with Harry Chomsky and pointed out a >>>> bug in the makefile being distributed with this project - having to do >>>> with [not] defining CAML_DLL! :) >>>> >>>> I also contributed a small amount of code to the project, but ended up >>>> not being able to use the "OCaml Win32 API" because of the license. :( >>> >>> >>> >>> Since then I had talk with Harry and I convince him that using LGPL >>> was the >>> way to go. The API now is quite complete and usable. >> >> >> Thanks for answering this, but I had asked him (Harry Chomsky) on >> November 8, 2003 if he would consider the "OCaml special exception for >> linking" so that his library's licensing terms would be more in line >> with [some] other packages and OCaml itself... to date, my email has >> not been answered. >> >> And I just checked the current "OCaml Win32" download, and it is as >> you say above - LGPL (with no "OCaml linking exception"). >> >> This is unfortunate, as I would like to both use *and* contribute to >> this project... but, c'est la licensing disagreement. :) Robert Roessler roessler@rftp.com http://www.rftp.com