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

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

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:28:16AM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:29:24PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > I don't see how this makes it non-free.  You are distributing under the
> > > same license you received the software under, so DFSG 3 is satisfied,
> 
> But you're not.  The license permissions you received don't permit using
> the code under a completely difference license; for example, you can't
> link the code with GPL work, since the licenses are incompatible.  However,
> you have to distribute your modifications under terms that *do* allow the
> original programmer to do so.  The license terms you're forced to release
> modifications under are different from the ones you received.

But if upstreqm incorporqtes your changes, thus creating a modification of
your QPLed work, you have the same right as he has, don't you ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther