Re: OCAML QPL Issue
"Oliver M. Bolzer" <oliver@gol.com> writes:
> 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.
I think Barak's point is: should we revisit that decision? (Note that
the cost is pretty minor at this point; very few things depend on the
QPL any more.) Or, is there something wrong with the Chinese
Dissident test, as we've previously described it?
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