"Magnus Therning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Simon Marlow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] > >> That would be serious indeed, but before changing my ways I'd need > >> more information to back up your statement. Could someone confirm > >> that code from one installed module can be inlined into another? > > > > When optimisation is turned on, you have virtually no control over > > how much code GHC will copy from one module to another, which is > > why several people (me included) have expressed concerns about the > > use of an unmodified LGPL with Haskell code in the past. I believe > > at one stage we even asked for clarification from the FSF, but I > > don't recall getting an answer. > > Thanks for this clarification. In my limited understanding of > licenses this would mean that in the Haskell world LGPL and GPL > basically are the same. I suppose it's an excellent example of just > how difficult it is for "law" to keep up with technology, even when > the "law" is written by technologists. > > I guess it means I might as well relicense all my Haskell code under > GPL instead. > > I'm also disappointed to hear that the FSF hasn't bothered responding > to this issue. What part of the FSF was approached? Does someone > still have copies of the letters/email that was sent? > IMHO, and IANAL, inlining core from .hi's shouldn't be any different than calling a macro out of a .h...
http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/newlicen.htm might be an interesting read regarding that topic, as wxwidgets heavily relies on macros for declarations. In another sphere (lua, that is) there is spring[1], whose developers more or less say that the FSF has lost its mind by interpreting mods as derived works, thus requiring them to be published under the GPL. [1] http://spring.clan-sy.com -- (c) this sig last receiving data processing entity. Inspect headers for copyright history. All rights reserved. Copying, hiring, renting, performance and/or broadcasting of this signature prohibited. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
