Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 08:33:13AM -0400, Walter Landry wrote:
> I am hardly the first person to bring this up [1] [2]. This comment
> from Raul Miller is particularly illuminating [3]
>
> As I remember it, DFSG#10 was specifically added to the DFSG because
> some people were saying that there were strict interpretations of
> the DFSG which could cause the GPL to fail, while others (including
> the author) were dismissing this as stupid. [In part, because they
> are "guidelines".]
>
> Raul provided further details later [4].
I'd prefer you emphasized the further details with
only a tangential reference to my memory. ;)
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/10/msg00251.html
> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00558.html and followups
> [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00920.html
> [4] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00946.html
Thanks,
--
Raul
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