Tom is exactly right here. GPL is the kiss of death in the commercial
world. Haskell Platform exists in part to encourage industry use of
Haskell -- and to encourage "braindead" use of blessed libraries. GPL
libraries have no place in HP.
Regards,
John A. De Goes
N-Brain, Inc.
The Evolution of Collaboration
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On Aug 5, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Tom Tobin wrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Colin Paul
Adams<co...@colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
"Tom" == Tom Tobin <korp...@korpios.com> writes:
>> This can surely be tackled by cabal, as it already has the
>> license information.
Tom> I don't see this as a real solution; why would a package be
It should be done anyway, irrespective of the platform.
Yes, that would be handy option for cabal-install in general.
Tom> added to the platform in the first place if a large
Tom> proportion of developers couldn't make use of it?
Anyone can make use of it. You may choose not to (or your boss may
choose for you), but that doesn't mean you can't.
The benefit of a standard library is that you can say "I need a
library to handle X" and if a library addressing X is in the standard
library, you're set. If you then need to worry about the GPL — and
this is a reality that can't be written off as a mere "choice" — why
bother with the platform in the first place? Non-GPL developers would
be better off sticking with hackage in that case.
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