License issues, LGPL, GMGPL (was Re: Any Ada Genetic Algorithm?)

[Adrian Hoe <byhoe@greenlime.com>]

Ted Dennison wrote:
> 
> If you are going to release the sources to build a link library (a
> "libXXX.a") then the LGPL is an appropriate license. If instead you
> are releasing sources that will be "with"ed and compiled along with
> the user's sources, the LGPL is *not* an appropriate license. You
> should probably use one of the following:
> 
> GPL if you don't mind users having to also use the GPL when they
> distribute their code.
> 
> Public Domain if you don't mind the possiblity of some users taking
> your sources, modifying them slightly, and charging for licenses to
> the result.
> 
> GMGPL (Gnat-modified GPL), if you want your sources to remain
> freely-licensed, but don't want that to affect sources that "with"
> them and are compiled with them.
> 
> In most cases, I pick the GMGPL.
> 
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Thanks Ted, I have been puzzled by these licensing terms and vaguely
understand them (this is the first time I have used them (GMGPL) to
release sources of some of my work).

This post serve well for the record of cla archives. If you agree, I
like to put them up at my website. Just e-mail me.

also, there is an organization to shepherd the GPL licensing. Is there
any similar organization to shepherd licensing terms in Ada community
(eg. for GMGPL)?
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