Comment by menaerus
2 days ago
Yes what? Both oxcaml and ocaml have compatible LGPL licenses so I didn't get your argument.
But even if that hadn't been the case, what exactly would be the problem? Are you saying that I cannot learn from a copyrighted book written by some respected and known author, and then apply that knowledge elsewhere because I would be risking to be sued for copyright infringement?
The wider point is that copyright headers are a very important detail and that a) the AI got it wrong b) you did not notice c) you have not taken on board the fact that it is important despite being told several times and have dismissed the issue as unimportant
Which raises the question how many other important incorrect details are buried in the 13k lines of code that you are unaware of and unable to recognise the significance of? And how much mantainer time would you waste being dismissive of the issues?
People have taken the copyright header as indicative of wider problems in the code.
Yes, please then find those for now imaginative issues and drill through them? Sorry, but I haven't seen anyone in that MR calling out for technical deficiencies so this is just crying out loud in a public for no concrete reasons.
It's the same as if your colleague sitting next to you would not allow the MR to be merged for various political and not technical reasons - this is exactly what is happening here.
> Yes, please then find those for now imaginative issues and drill through them?
No, that is a massive amount of work which will only establish what we already know with a high degree of certainty due to the red flags already mentored - that this code is too flawed to begin with.
This is not political, this is looking out for warming signs in order to avoid wasting time. At this stage the burden of proof is on the submitter, not the reviewers
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"Yes what? Both oxcaml and ocaml have compatible LGPL licenses so I didn't get your argument."
LGPL is a license for distribution, the copyright of the original authors is retained (unless signed away in a contribution agreement, usually to an organization).
"Are you saying that I cannot learn from a copyrighted book written by some respected and known author, and then apply that knowledge elsewhere because I would be risking to be sued for copyright infringement?"
This was not the case here, so not sure how that is related in any way?
Do you understand that no code besides the header copyright was copied? So what copyright exactly are you talking about?
Depends on the license of the original material, which is why they tend to have a list of allowed use cases for copying content.
Naturally there are very flexible ones, very draconian ones, and those in the middle.
Most people get away with them, because it isn't like everyone is taking others to copyright court sessions every single day, unless there are millions at play.