Haskell Platform Proposal: HLint

[John Smith]

On 11/11/2010 13:07, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> Yes, at some point before the next proposal round opens I'd like to
> propose a policy along the lines that HP packages must be usable for
> developing software under any reasonable license including proprietary
> licenses. That would allow GPL tools (e.g. gcc is GPL but is used to
> compile proprietary code) and allow LGPL libs but would exclude GPL
> libs. I expect the contentious point in such a discussion to be around
> LGPL libs (partly because there tends to be a great deal of
> unnecessary confusion around it anyway).

+1 excellent pragmatic proposal