Was Miranda a closed license?
> On May 24, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As a historical note, the openness of the Haskell spec was a reaction > to the licensing of the research language Miranda and as such was > quite intentional. > > On 5/24/20, Nicholas Papadonis <nick.papadonis...@gmail.com > <mailto:nick.papadonis...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Thank you! That puts the language in a better position in regards to being >> open for anyone to use. >> >> LICENSE: >> "The authors and publisher intend this Report to belong to the entire >> Haskell community, and grant permission to copy and distribute it for >> any purpose, provided that it is reproduced in its entirety, including >> this Notice." "For any purpose" would include implementation of the >> language it specifies. >> >>> On May 24, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Gershom B <gersh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> See the (very open) license of the Haskell Report >>> https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/ >>> <https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/ >>> <https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:16 AM Nicholas Papadonis >>> <nick.papadonis...@gmail.com <mailto:nick.papadonis...@gmail.com> >>> <mailto:nick.papadonis...@gmail.com <mailto:nick.papadonis...@gmail.com>>> >>> wrote: >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> You may be aware of Oracle vs. Google in regards to the Java API being >>> copyrighted. The case is still in progress. >>> >>> When the Haskell language was created, including any books on it, the >>> authors became the copyright holder for the language API that one uses to >>> code with. Is anyone aware of any license which grants people free use of >>> this API. I saw various licenses for compilers, but was concerned that >>> was only for the code implementing the compiler/interpreter. If so, what >>> is it? >>> >>> There could be an interpretation that a derivative work of the compiler / >>> interpreter implementation is indeed the language itself. Therefore if >>> the compiler / interpreter and it’s derivative is freely licensed, then >>> the language API is as well. >>> >>> I ask because it’s my understanding C/C++ language API was licensed >>> through ISO, which grants a free license to anyone implementing or using >>> the language API. >>> >>> Appreciate your guidance. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Nick >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-community mailing list >>> Haskell-community@haskell.org <mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org> >>> <mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org >>> <mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org>> >>> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community >>> <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community> >>> <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community >>> <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community>> >> >> > > > -- > brandon s allbery kf8nh > allber...@gmail.com <mailto:allber...@gmail.com>
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