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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,351835e570c46e8b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-22 18:30:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey Creem" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3DB43B1E.1C6D99CF@raytheon.com> Subject: Re: Conflicting statements about GPS? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3Zmt9.59820$md1.10822@sccrnsc03> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.5.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1035336639 66.31.5.146 (Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:30:39 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:30:39 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:30:39 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30055 Date: 2002-10-23T01:30:39+00:00 List-Id: "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:u8z0qjge7.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > Mark Johnson writes: > I'm also a beta user of GPS. > > The fact that ACT distributes binaries, but not source, is I think a > violation of the GPL. I suspect I could force them to give me source > if I really wanted to. As someone else said even if they release it as GPL eventually, if ACT own the copyright they can distribute it under other terms as well (as long as it does not include other pure GPL components).... But even if it did they would not have to give you the source with the binary. (see item b below from the GPL). 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)