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Re: RFC: Packaging O'Caml


Igor schrieb:

> Hi,

> In the course of my real job duties, I built O'Caml under Cygwin.  It
> builds OOTB, and, even though there seem to be some minor packaging issues
> to be worked out, looks like it'll be easy to package nicely, so I was
> considering ITPing it.

+1 vote from me.


> However, parts of it are released under the "Q  Public license", which
> GNU lists explicitly as non-GPL-compatible.  Does  this mean an
> automatic "no" to an official Cygwin package, or does anyone  know of
> anything that could be done to enable it? 

Huh?  It is OSI certified: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/qtpl.php


> I recall a similar discussion regarding GraphViz, and the decision to not
> package it.  AFAIU, I can still use the Cygwin builds of both O'Caml and
> GraphViz internally within my organization without violating the GPL.

> Comments?
>         Igor

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