Re: ocaml, QPL and the DFSG : QPL 3b argumentation.

[Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu>]

Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:23:30PM -0400, Walter Landry wrote:
> > Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:59:33PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > |       a. Modifications must not alter or remove any copyright notices
> > > |       in the Software.
> > > 
> > > Again, pretty standard.
> > 
> > Actually, I just realized this might be a problem.  Files often have
> > copyright notices in them.  You can't have a patch which entirely
> > removes those files.
> > 
> > Also, the program may print out a copyright notice (as in GPL 3c).
> > You are not allowed to add your own name to that list.
> 
> I suppose common sense clearly solve this issue, but would a modification of
> the clause solve this ?

I would say so.  I don't think that the intent is non-free.

Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu