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: fdb77,c9f2b97a84c48976
X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public
X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public
X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public
X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public
X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-Thread: 1158e3,c9f2b97a84c48976
X-Google-Attributes: gid1158e3,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-19 05:23:28 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: 
 comp.lang.ada,ccomp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml,comp.lang.java.advocacy
References: <enoditglutmp6d4bmlfaddt9qipf0n8cbp@4ax.com>
      <9g7r02$mni$1@nh.pace.co.uk>
      <kbLV6.6795$pb1.259296@www.newsranger.com>
      <9g840k$qjt$1@nh.pace.co.uk>
      <40gfitgrvd8cgu27r3vfib6eptmapb3pfl@4ax.com>
      <zeQV6.7400$pb1.285004@www.newsranger.com>
      <9g8lrk$37c$1@nh.pace.co.uk>
      <jK3W6.8329$pb1.316095@www.newsranger.com>
      <tM4W6.14397$Dd5.3411079@ruti.visi.com>
      <9ganmu$pj5$1@nh.pace.co.uk>
      <Ey6W6.8596$pb1.328177@www.newsranger.com>
      <Y2qW6.15154$Dd5.3501772@ruti.visi.com>
      <f0ilitkr3g1qdrffsqss5h8so9tgg1unt5@4ax.com>
      <JxoX6.13000$pb1.473503@www.newsranger.com>
      <3B2E2261.303FE952@easystreet.com>
      <3B2E7263.9080804@earthlink.net>
From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid>
Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software
Mail-Copies-To: nobody
Organization: Atid/2
X-Cise: "Tony Schliesser" <aschlies@citynet.net>
X-CompuServe-Customer: Yes
X-Coriate: NCAE@NewAmerica.org
X-Ecrate: Bob Germer <bobg129@home.com>
X-Punge: Micro$oft
X-Sanguinate: themvsguy@email.com
X-Terminate: SPA(GIS)
Message-ID: <3b2f4308$8$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net>
X-Newsreader: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v2.28a/28 
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:18:16 -0400
NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.55.10.86
X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net
X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 992953400 206.55.10.86 (Tue,
 19 Jun 2001 12:23:20 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:23:20 GMT
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8887 comp.lang.java.programmer:77342
 comp.lang.pl1:1099 comp.lang.vrml:3873 comp.lang.java.advocacy:21447
Date: 2001-06-19T08:18:16-04:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In <3B2E7263.9080804@earthlink.net>, on 06/18/2001
   at 09:29 PM, Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> said:

>The only time this becomes at all questionable is when military
>equiment  is decomissioned.

If the source code is classified then the object code will be
protected. As part of decommissioning they will erase or destroy the
memory containing the object code. If they don't, they will have more
serious legal problems than GPL violations.


-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
     Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
     Atid/2
     Team OS/2
     Team PL/I

Any unsolicited commercial junk E-mail will be subject to legal
action.  I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any
abusive E-mail.

I mangled my E-mail address to foil automated spammers; reply to
domain acm dot org user shmuel to contact me.  Do not reply to
spamtrap@library.lspace.org
-----------------------------------------------------------