From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan Moringen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:37:54 +0100 Message-ID: <27499_1262583480_ZZg0O354Y3InQ.00_1262583474.3761.1654.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <23751_1262141343_ZZg0N7E3ZcBp~.00_1262141340.11263.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5533_1262229939_ZZg0N6K4nOGuV.00_1262229938.3761.46.camel@localhost.localdomain> <28416_1262371970_ZZg0N5T~46u9H.00_1262371969.3761.1205.camel@localhost.localdomain> <3504_1262544732_ZZg0O73~B6ki9.00_1262544727.3761.1636.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262629288 15539 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2010 18:21:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 18:21:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 04 19:21:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NRrYC-0007rS-Cq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:21:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48177 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NRr6o-0007ud-1S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRfdq-000234-0J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRfdl-00022b-Tn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35460 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NRfdl-00022Y-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de ([129.70.204.73]:44270) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NRfdj-0006id-1e; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de by mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) id <0KVP00000JNCGK00@mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:38:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.2.102] ([92.39.21.54]) by mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPPSA id <0KVP009BQJNBNDC0@mux2-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:38:00 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.29.3.2 X-EnvFrom: jan.moringen@uni-bielefeld.de X-PMX-Version: 5.5.1.360522, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.1.350677, Antispam-Data: 2010.1.4.52416, pmx10 X-Connecting-IP: 92.39.21.54 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:47:40 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119383 Archived-At: 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