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GPL with linking exception?

Guillaume Yziquel
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        Stefano Zacchiroli
        
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        Stefano Zacchiroli

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Guillaume Yziquel <guillaume.yziquel@c...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] GPL with linking exception?

Stefano Zacchiroli a Ã©crit :
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 05:47:10PM +0100, Guillaume Yziquel wrote:
>> Well, you create a bytecode executable under GPL. You therefore
>> include the OCaml bytecode runtime.
> 
> Uh? Why "therefore"?

Because I was indeed thinking of -custom when talking about "executable"...

> If you just distribute the bytecode (no -custom compilation involved),
> you will be not distributing the OCaml runtime with it, just your own
> program compiled to bytecode.

Is it the only issue with the GPL? If that's the only issue, then it's 
perfectly fine with me...

All the best,

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      Guillaume Yziquel
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