Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANN: FileManip 0.1, an expressive filemanipulationlibrary

2007-05-02 Thread Bryan O'Sullivan
Claus Reinke wrote: if i wanted to use that library for anything i want to distribute, my only chance to avoid the source re-distribution and advertising clauses would be dynamic linking I believe that the magical protective properties of dynamic linking amount to no more than folklore. So

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANN: FileManip 0.1, an expressive filemanipulationlibrary

2007-05-02 Thread Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
On May 2, 2007, at 7:00 , Claus Reinke wrote: my question. similarly for the unix dependency - it could be inherent in the design, or an accident of the author's current platform. The Haskell libraries don't currently provide a platform-independent way to do most file tests. I discovered

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANN: FileManip 0.1, an expressive filemanipulationlibrary

2007-05-02 Thread Neil Mitchell
Hi > no, i browsed the license file before asking my question (no non-restrictive > license needs to be longer than a page). if i wanted to use that library for > anything i want to distribute, my only chance to avoid the source re-distribution > and advertising clauses would be dynamic linking

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANN: FileManip 0.1, an expressive filemanipulationlibrary

2007-05-02 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 12:00 +0100, Claus Reinke wrote: > >> i'm a fan of find | xargs, so a portable haskell replacement unencumbered > >> by viral licenses would be very welcome. i have no intention to participate > >> in yet-another-licencing-discussion, i would just like to ask whether > >> tho

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANN: FileManip 0.1, an expressive filemanipulationlibrary

2007-05-02 Thread Claus Reinke
i'm a fan of find | xargs, so a portable haskell replacement unencumbered by viral licenses would be very welcome. i have no intention to participate in yet-another-licencing-discussion, i would just like to ask whether those limitations of your offering are an accident or intended? http://hack