Haskell Platform Proposal: HLint

[Don Stewart]

Libraries with non-BSD deps haven't been considered for the HP, and
would be problematic, in my opinion. Applications are far less of a
concern, though guaranteeing that anything in the platform can be hacked
freely for any use would be a positive statement.

-- Don

ndmitchell:
> HLint is currently GPL licensed, but if that ever became an impediment
> to anyone doing anything with it I'd be willing to relicense it as
> BSD, including if that was the only thing blocking inclusion in the
> platform. HLint relies on cpphs and hscolour which are LGPL/GPL, which
> may be a problem.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Stephen Tetley <stephen.tetley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Personally I'm neutral on the issue, but I think the Platform avoids
> > GPL code - I can't find the policy stating as such as the Platform
> > website doesn't seem to link to the "meta" discussions and policy.
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