>>>>> "Simon" == Simon L Peyton Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Simon L Peyton Jones wrote:
>> > So far as GHC is concerned, I wrote on this list a month ago:
>> > "More specifically, I plan to continue beavering away on GHC.
>> > GHC is public domain software, and Microsoft are happy for it to
>> > remain so, source code and all. If anything, I'll have quite a bit
>> > more time to work on it than before."
>>
>> Do you mean "public domain" literally, i.e. are you renouncing all
>> copyright? (The source code contains copyright notices, but no
>> licence, as far as I can see.)
Simon> No I am not renouncing all copyright. By "public domain" I mean freely
Simon> available for anyone to use for any purpose other than making money
Simon> by selling the compiler itself. That isn't a formal definition,
Simon> but I'm sure you see the intent.
Simon> I have carefully avoided getting tangled up in legal red tape, which
Simon> is why there is no formal license. It may be that my move to Microsoft
Simon> will force me to spend time sorting this out. But it's never been
Simon> a problem so far, and I doubt it will in the future, so I'm reluctant
Simon> to invest the time until pressed to do so.
There is a discussion of various free licenses at
http://www.debian.org/intro/free
As part of the 'social contract' there are also the Debian Free
Software Guidelines at
http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
Marko
