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Re: OCAML QPL Issue



On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 07:38:35PM -0700, Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu> wrote...

> contain the QPL, apparently only applying to some of the source files.
> The QPL contains clause 6c which states:
> 
>     6. You may develop application programs, reusable components and other
>     software items that link with the original or modified versions of the
>     Software. These items, when distributed, are subject to the following
>     requirements:
> 
> 	  c. If the items are not available to the general public, and the
> 	  initial developer of the Software requests a copy of the items,
> 	  then you must supply one.
> 
> This would seem to fail the Chinese Dissident Test.

As has been the topic of countless discussions in this forum, the 
QPL itself is a free licence. It is incompatible with the GPL tough.

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	Oliver M. Bolzer
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