[opam-devel] Opam license bug

Louis Gesbert louis.gesbert at ocamlpro.com
Mon Jan 18 17:01:08 GMT 2016


Le lundi 18 janvier 2016, 17:42:16 Daniel Bünzli a écrit :
> Le lundi, 18 janvier 2016 à 17:29, Louis Gesbert a écrit :
> > However, I don't see your point or how it relates to the issue at hand;
> > also note that, leaving aside the consideration of LGPL vs BSD, something
> > should be done to clarify the current situation anyway.
> 
> Well the license has to be clarified; fine: let's ask all contributors to be
> able to relicense it under the correct license.
> 
> However there's *absolutely no need* to introduce a CLA to do this. Sorry
> but this looks disingenuous again, you are conflating two very distincts
> problems into a single one.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Daniel

Granted, a CLA is not the only solution to the problem. But it is one.

I expected it wouldn't be to your taste, but I don't think this reflects the 
general opinion -- I am waiting to hear more feedback on this. So this is 
still the solution we would like to propose at the moment.

Best,
Louis


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