RE: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2005-01-06 Thread Simon Marlow
On 06 January 2005 12:20, Ketil Malde wrote: > "Simon Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> There are already a couple of bits of (L)GPL under fptools: GMP and >> readline. GMP we'd like to replace because it is necessarily a part >> of every compiled Haskell program; readline isn't so import

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2005-01-06 Thread Ketil Malde
"Simon Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are already a couple of bits of (L)GPL under fptools: GMP and > readline. GMP we'd like to replace because it is necessarily a part of > every compiled Haskell program; readline isn't so important but it would > be nice to have a BSD-licensed rep

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2005-01-06 Thread Simon Marlow
On 30 December 2004 05:25, Philippa Cowderoy wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: > >> But like I've said, I am willing to negotiate with people that >> require code under a license that lets them use it without releasing >> the code. I have also stated that I will put any part of th

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-30 Thread John Meacham
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:38:01AM +, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: > (snip) > > I accept patches for things like this for MissingH. You can send me > > code or diffs as you prefer. I've been accepting code licensed under > > GPL, LGPL, or BSD, and will need a

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-29 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 05:24:38AM +, Philippa Cowderoy wrote: > This is the bit I was worried about, the idea of GPLed library code in > fptools disturbs me somewhat. I don't think anyone is suggesting doing that. I'm not, anyway. I don't think the fptools maintainers would accept it if I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-29 Thread Philippa Cowderoy
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: But like I've said, I am willing to negotiate with people that require code under a license that lets them use it without releasing the code. I have also stated that I will put any part of the code I've written under the fptools license if that code will be

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-29 Thread Mark Carroll
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: (snip) > I accept patches for things like this for MissingH. You can send me > code or diffs as you prefer. I've been accepting code licensed under > GPL, LGPL, or BSD, and will need a statement such as: (snip) Can you mix in BSD code with GPL, though, wi

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-29 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:02:58AM +, Philippa Cowderoy wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: > > >In which case, it will fall under the default (GPL) license of the > >library (and may later be given to fptools to be part of the "standard" > >library). > > > > I would've thought

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Utility functions

2004-12-29 Thread Philippa Cowderoy
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Goerzen wrote: In which case, it will fall under the default (GPL) license of the library (and may later be given to fptools to be part of the "standard" library). I would've thought the GPL was incompatible with being part of a standard library intended for use in potent