Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

[Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu>]

Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

> Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>>> Why is granting of extra freedoms non-free?
>> 
>> It isn't.  The part of my message that you snipped made clear that
>> it's the requirement that I must grant extra permissions which is
>> non-free.
>
> What is the difference between granting of extra permissions and
> granting of extra freedoms?

Nothing.  Therefore, I require you to grant me a permissive license to
all code you have ever written.

Oh wait, that doesn't seem free to you?  Why?  Because it's a
requirement.  What's the difference between charity and tax?  Tax is a
requirement, charity is freely given.

-Brian

-- 
Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu