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Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement
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Jan Moringen |
Subject: |
Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:37:54 +0100 |
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 23:09 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> The following piece of code is from the paper "A Monotonic
> Superclass
> Linearization for Dylan". It is labeled "Appendix A:
> Implementation of
> the Dylan Linearization" there. This code implements the Dylan
> linearization *without* the improvement presented in the paper.
>
> That is 50 lines, which is far more than enough that we would
> normally want papers.
I think, the most important part is the code in Appendix B since code
very similar to Appendix A is available in Open Dylan (I included both
in my last email). My code could have been derived from the Open Dylan
code except for the improvement presented in Appendix B.
> Can we make an exception for this case? Maybe. I will ask a lawyer.
Thank you for spending so much time on this.
> Which GPL versions does Open Dylan's license allow?
It is dual-licensed such that LGPL is one possible license:
=== Begin header of class-dynamic.dylan from Open Dylan ===
module: internal
Author: Jonathan Bachrach
Copyright: Original Code is Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Functional Objects, Inc.
All rights reserved.
License: Functional Objects Library Public License Version 1.0
Dual-license: GNU Lesser General Public License
Warranty: Distributed WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
=== End header of class-dynamic.dylan from Open Dylan ===
Kind regards,
Jan
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Jan Moringen, 2010/01/01
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/02
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Jan Moringen, 2010/01/03
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/03
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement,
Jan Moringen <=
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/04
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Jan Moringen, 2010/01/04
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/05
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, David Kastrup, 2010/01/06
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/30
- Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement, Jan Moringen, 2010/01/31