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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,effb80d4bb7716dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future Date: 1999/02/04 Message-ID: <1999Feb4.171318.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 440769229 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eisner.decus.org References: <790f4q$3l@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <36B856E4.D921C1D@bton.ac.uk> <79cc3q$mms$1@remarQ.com> <1999Feb4.141530.1@eisner> <79d0db$6h5$1@remarQ.com> X-Trace: news.decus.org 918166403 28225 KILGALLEN [192.67.173.2] Organization: LJK Software Reply-To: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <79d0db$6h5$1@remarQ.com>, "Pat Rogers" writes: > Larry Kilgallen wrote in message <1999Feb4.141530.1@eisner>... >>In article <79cc3q$mms$1@remarQ.com>, "Pat Rogers" > writes: >> >>> Why not have the Ada community "standardize" on the the free Ada 95 >>> Booch Components? Specifically, expanding them after the core from >>> the C++ version is completed? >> >>Because the variety of meanings of the word "free" covers some things >>that cannot be included in commercial software. At some point it is >>easier to reinvent the wheel than to spend life pretending to be a >>lawyer. > > > Do you have specific issues with the ACL, or is this a general > "anything that smacks of a legal issue is sufficient to prevent use"? > I assume the latter... The latter, particularly in light of the fact that there are now several forms in which these come; not just the GPL and LGPL used by GNAT. Larry Kilgallen