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

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 09:58:16AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> 
> >> > Also, consider the annotation :
> >> >
> >> >   This doesn't really need to be stated, since to do so would be fraudulent.
> >> >
> >> > Do we really need to continue arguing about this close ? 
> >> 
> >> Yes -- the annotation is incorrect.  This is much more restrictive
> >> than the law requires.  There are many honest activities which break
> >> this clause.
> >
> > Ok, propose an alternate concise writing of this, please ? 
> 
> "You must include appropriate and accurate copyright notices on each
> source file, and in a reasonable and appropriate place in any binary
> file."

Not clear enough. A quick reader would read that you can replace the copyright
notice by another. Also, QPL 3 deals with source modification and
distribution as patches, not binaries.

Friendly,

Sven Luther