From: David Botton <David@Botton.com>
Subject: Re: SGI GNAT Question? (Long)
Date: 1999/03/07
Date: 1999-03-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36E294AB.86AFBA58@Botton.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36E25778.C056829@chocolatesaltyballs.com
root wrote:
> Note the use of the "if" at the start. Are you claiming literal
> ownership of GNAT?
I think Robert Dewar was referring to those parts of GNAT which were
written by ACT. There is no reason why he could not withhold further
development of these portions or re-release those portions as separate
packages not under the GPL.
> ALL versions of GNAT are GPL and they always will be,
> You can no more take GNAT back, that Larry Walls, Linus Torvalds and
> Richard Stallman could take back perl, linux, or emacs.
That may be true, but the GPL does not say that the software must be
released to the public. There are many drivers for linux and other
patches to the kernel that are not GPL and have all the same
restrictions as more "traditional" non-GPL software.
As an illustration, the program PINE branched about a year ago in to a
GPL version and a non-GPL version. GNAT as it is today can not be taken
away, but that doesn't mean that future work has to be made public or
under the GPL.
>
> > When you get a licensed product from Microsoft, you know
> > perfectly well that they still own the program and can do
> > anything they like with it.
>
> So you have to use Microsoft as an example to make yourself look good in
> the GPL world ?
No, Robert Dewar was making it clear the the Microsoft EULA and the Free
Software Foundation GPL are the same category of document, a license
agreement.
> The terms copyleft, and its simply a licence as a Rolls Royce and a Lada
> are cars.
Is copyleft a legal term? I thought it was slang for the copyrighted
software that used copyright law to keep information public instead of
private. I'll look it up.
David Botton
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-02 0:00 SGI GNAT Question? (Long) Paul Colvert
1999-03-02 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-03-02 0:00 ` GNAT discussions should be here as well kvisko
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-03-02 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-02 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-02 0:00 ` SGI GNAT Question? (Long) dewar
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Paul Colvert
1999-03-03 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-04 0:00 ` SpamSpamSpam
1999-03-04 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-05 0:00 ` SpamSpamSpam
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-07 0:00 ` root
1999-03-07 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-07 0:00 ` root
1999-03-07 0:00 ` David Botton [this message]
1999-03-07 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-07 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-08 0:00 ` root
1999-03-09 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-10 0:00 ` SpamSpamSpam
1999-03-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-10 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-03-10 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-09 0:00 ` Some GNAT history (was Re: SGI GNAT Question? (Long)) dewar
1999-03-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-09 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-09 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-03-11 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1999-03-11 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-05 0:00 ` SGI GNAT Question? (Long) bourguet
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-05 0:00 ` GNAT Field Test scope (was SGI GNAT Question) Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-04 0:00 ` SGI GNAT Question? (Long) dennison
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Gautier
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