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Re:OCamlEditor by eta_expand on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @01:01PM (#8658787)
> - f*-up licence (open-source, but modifications can only be distributed as source-code patches)

I didn't look at the license very closely, but there are a few forks of the language out there (check out github), which aren't distributed as patches.

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Re:OCamlEditor by edwintorok on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @05:31PM (#8660156)
IANAL but I think git makes it pretty clear what is the original software and what are the modifications which seems to be exactly what QPL requires: "distribute your modifications, in a form that is separate from the Software, such as patches."
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Re:OCamlEditor by tomp on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @06:33PM (#8660435)
Nope; you can download "master" (or branch) zip from GitHub, which contains the original with modifications, not separate. It's clearly against the licence.
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