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Re: RFC: Packaging O'Caml
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit at familiehaase dot de>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:34:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: RFC: Packaging O'Caml
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0408261315450.15503@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
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
Gerrit
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