Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge

[dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison)]

Steffen Huber <steffen.huber@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<3C625604.1C948A06@gmx.de>...
> 3.) Convince OSI to add the GMGPL as an approved licence - anyone tried
>     that?

I did some inquiries on it back when ESR first set up the web page. I
discovered that the meer mention of Ada is a great way to get ESR to
quit answering your emails. :-(

However, it looks like they have a mailing list to handle license
discussion now (see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html ),
so it shouldn't be so tough to get discussion about it anymore. But
OSI's kind of a joke these days anyway.

I'd just try to explain to your SourceForge contact that it uses the
same license at the FSF's own GNU Ada compiler. Its listed on GNU
website as a GPL-compatable free software license (its on
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html, imaginatively titled
"The license of the run-time units of the GNU Ada compiler"). That
ought to be good enough for anyone. If that *isn't* good enough for
them, then you are clearly dealing with someone who's a bit clueless,
so try to ask for someone a bit more senior to "help resolve the
issue".

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