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=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_05, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1d8ab55e71d08f3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Wes Groleau Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say? Date: 1997/06/30 Message-ID: <33B7FBE6.6CC3@does.not.exist.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 253674432 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <33B014E3.3343@no.such.com> <5oqp9s$7vj$1@news.nyu.edu> <33B13BF6.79C7@no.such.com> <33B2ABA6.2A44C487@link.com> <33B2C30C.7EE@does.not.exist.com> <33B42DFA.20DE@link.com> Organization: See Warning Below! Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-06-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > Yes. It is another issue entirely. I don't believe that Wes > ever mentioned the GNAT runtime or the modified GPL. Actually, I did. I said that I feel that ACL and the GNAT "special exception" are two very reasonable compromises between the GPL extreme and the totally secret and proprietary extreme. But I find it amusing how my complaint (that people have misstated the GPL) has turned into such a free-for-all attacking the motives of Robert Dewar, Richard Stallman, myself, and others ..... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------