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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,2c7b0b777188b7c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!proxad.net!oleane.net!oleane!hunter.axlog.fr!nobody From: Jean-Pierre Rosen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL Edition Maintenance and Upgrades Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:50:41 +0200 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: <07i0id.nkh.ln@hunter.axlog.fr> References: <1128499462.850353.146890@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <9070id.mp6.ln@hunter.axlog.fr> <1128510619.707554.152420@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: s1.news.oleane.net 1128517491 24839 195.25.228.57 (5 Oct 2005 13:04:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:04:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: fr, en In-Reply-To: <1128510619.707554.152420@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5403 Date: 2005-10-05T14:50:41+02:00 List-Id: Ludovic Brenta a �crit : > Jean-Pierre Rosen a �crit : >>I think that this argument goes *against* the spirit of free software. >>As far as I can understand, the basis of free software is "you can do >>anything with this software, *except* deny to others the rights you have >>received". Anything, including proprietary software. > > > Precisely. With the GMGPL, you receive the right to see and modify the > source code of the GNAT run-time; but you can also deny others this > same right. The GPL is more "free" than the GMGPL, since with it you > cannot deny others this right anymore. Not exactly. With the GMGPL, you certainly cannot prevent anyone from seeing the source code of the GNAT run-time; you are just not required to provide it. In the case of a compiler, it really does not make sense to restrict what the compiler can be used for. Do you imagine distributing GIMP with a notice saying that if you distribute any image produced with it, it must be exempt of rights? This would certainly be perceived as a restriction on freedom! -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr