Re: Haskell Platform Proposal: HLint

On 12 November 2010 11:14, Simon Marlow wrote:

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I get the impression that people who use the LGPL for Haskell don't care deeply about this - they're using the LGPL because they want modifications contributed back. Are there Haskell authors out there using the LGPL who really do care about modify/relink?

As someone who uses the LGPL, I can confirm that, for myself, requiring distributors to contribute back their modifications (which one *hopes* are improvements...) is the main reason for the licence choice. The ability for any end-user to modify and relink would be a "nice-to-have" in addition, but it is not crucial to me. However, I would be reluctant to give a blanket exception merely on the basis that a particular compiler has technical difficulties complying with the spirit of this requirement. There are other compilers for which this is not problematic, and like I say, the property is a "nice-to-have" - if it were possible to achieve it, I would prefer that. Having said that, I do indeed give the "static-linking" exception for many of my packages. Also, if some entity wishes to distribute my code as part of their own product, but be released from the L/GPL requirements, I am happy to offer a commercial licence. (Which in many cases will not cost any money - although I'm open to offers :-) Regards, Malcolm