WG: ITP: Moscow ML - An implementation of standard ML.
Not for me...
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: fevrier@tigreraye.yi.org [SMTP:fevrier@tigreraye.yi.org]
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 17. August 2000 17:02
> An: Nicolás Lichtmaier
> Cc: Torsten Landschoff; debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: ITP: Moscow ML - An implementation of standard ML.
>
> Le 2000-08-16 01:55:59 -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier écrivait :
> > > > > Don't do that. Moscow ML was my first package when I joined and I
> had
> > > > > to learn that there are license problems. To be precise it is
> based on
> > > > > Caml Light which is not GPLed (read: has further restrictions)
> therefore
> > > > > you can't link GPL-code against it.
> > > > >
> > > > > We can't distribute binaries of that :((
> > > >
> > > > Have you contacted the authors?
> > >
> > > I don't quite remember. I think I contacted inria (they hold the Caml
> > > copyright) about changing that but to no extent. I am not sure if
> changing
> > > the MoSML license would help - at least it has to go to non-free then.
>
> > > I did not want to maintain a non-free package at that time so I gave
> up on
> > > it.
> >
> > The MosML could add to the license: "As an exception to the GNU GPL,
> you
> > may distribute this software linked to CAML".
>
> As far as I remember, Objective CAML, which is supposed to be
> an advanced version of CAML light, has been moved to LGPL.
>
> But I don't think the CAML light licence has changed.
>
> --
> Jean-Philippe Guérard
>
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