<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Was Miranda a closed license?<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 24, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Brandon Allbery <<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" class="">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">As a historical note, the openness of the Haskell spec was a reaction</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">to the licensing of the research language Miranda and as such was</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">quite intentional.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">On 5/24/20, Nicholas Papadonis <</span><a href="mailto:nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">> wrote:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Thank you! That puts the language in a better position in regards to being<br class="">open for anyone to use.<br class=""><br class="">LICENSE:<br class="">"The authors and publisher intend this Report to belong to the entire<br class="">Haskell community, and grant permission to copy and distribute it for<br class="">any purpose, provided that it is reproduced in its entirety, including<br class="">this Notice." "For any purpose" would include implementation of the<br class="">language it specifies.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On May 24, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Gershom B <<a href="mailto:gershomb@gmail.com" class="">gershomb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">See the (very open) license of the Haskell Report<br class=""><a href="https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/" class="">https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/</a><br class=""><<a href="https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/" class="">https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/</a>><br class=""><br class="">On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:16 AM Nicholas Papadonis<br class=""><<a href="mailto:nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com" class="">nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com" class="">mailto:nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="">Hi Folks,<br class=""><br class="">You may be aware of Oracle vs. Google in regards to the Java API being<br class="">copyrighted. The case is still in progress.<br class=""><br class="">When the Haskell language was created, including any books on it, the<br class="">authors became the copyright holder for the language API that one uses to<br class="">code with. Is anyone aware of any license which grants people free use of<br class="">this API. I saw various licenses for compilers, but was concerned that<br class="">was only for the code implementing the compiler/interpreter. If so, what<br class="">is it?<br class=""><br class="">There could be an interpretation that a derivative work of the compiler /<br class="">interpreter implementation is indeed the language itself. Therefore if<br class="">the compiler / interpreter and it’s derivative is freely licensed, then<br class="">the language API is as well.<br class=""><br class="">I ask because it’s my understanding C/C++ language API was licensed<br class="">through ISO, which grants a free license to anyone implementing or using<br class="">the language API.<br class=""><br class="">Appreciate your guidance.<br class=""><br class="">Thank you,<br class="">Nick<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Haskell-community mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org" class="">Haskell-community@haskell.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org" class="">mailto:Haskell-community@haskell.org</a>><br class=""><a href="http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community" class="">http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community</a><br class=""><<a href="http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community" class="">http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community</a>><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">brandon s allbery kf8nh</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">allbery.b@gmail.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>