From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,2b315b117e4c5bae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:29:32 -0600 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:29:55 -0500 From: Jeff C User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Source code of large programs wanted References: <87sm3lhd7a.fsf@insalien.org> <3bwTd.4983$MY6.4441@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> <421f426a$0$13235$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <-NidnVy-ZYqBU73fRVn-sg@comcast.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.74.171 X-Trace: sv3-mHJGQbbNb0kVk82cZTMOl5kbV4fbVrnuLsugG3dRPRZ/5xS/C0KT8eyA9ul2R/CM/a1y6tmnnCCmXUV!90lQlSjckt4p63YQ2CidiA7uoM6tXoW5fzpEpYL4BAefFTorBErcUTtjClJlZA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.31 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8500 Date: 2005-02-26T14:29:55-05:00 List-Id: Martin Dowie wrote: >> >> Note I am not suggesting that David or anyone is doing anything wrong >> (especially since it is not distributed from adapower just linked >> fromit) or that I have any reason to believe that the usenet post that >> "said" it was released GMGPL was not valid....but if I were in a >> position to accept/reject claw into Debian I would reject it without >> clear license/copyright information which currently does not (appear) >> to exist. >> >> > > http://www.adapower.com/adapower1/claw/ann.txt > > Isn't clear enough? > > Cheers > > -- Martin It is quite clear..But adapower is not the copyright holder of the software and nothing at the site that owns the copyright has been updated 3 years after that announcement was made.. I could easily post the following at my website. From: "William Gates" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: ANN: Visual Studio.Net Open Sourced Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2005 16:46:29 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 20 Various people have suggested that Microsoft could finally turn a profit if we would just release a Free version of visual studio.net . It will be a while before the download area of our website will be updated to reflect this change, most likely not until the new version with Ada 2005 and A# support is released. Rest assured that we will enforce the license as if it is the GMGPL. Go ahead and distribute binaries as you see fit. We will post the source really soon now. The license for other Microsoft products, and for all versions of DOS, are unchanged for now. Thank you for your support of Ada and Microsoft. Billy Gates President, Microsoft Software, Inc. Again..I am not asserting that there is something evil going on here. Just saying that if I were making the call as to if this was ok I would reject the inclusion of Claw into debian unless I heard directly from the copyright holder.