Re: [simonpj@microsoft.com: License]

[ron@microtronics.com.au (Ron)]

> On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 06:28:49PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Am I hearing correctly?!  Microsoft has agreed to license a piece of
> > software under a DFSG-free license?  Is this a first?  Who's got the
> > champagne?!
> 
> GHC has always been distributed freely with a silent agreement that is
> typical for much academic research.  Microsoft came into the picture only last
> year, when the prime developer, Simon Peyton Jones, joined MS research
> department.

Ahh..  thanks for that.  I was trying to figure out how ms fitted into
this picture.  I was fairly sure they hadn't bought Glasgow Uni ;-)

best,
Ron.