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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge
Date: 10 Feb 2002 10:16:25 -0800
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Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message news:<u4rktqphk.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>...
> Since the GPL and the LGPL are approved, and the GMGPL is 
> sort of halfway between those

That's a mischaracterization. The GMGPL is much more permissive than
the LGPL, in that it accomodates the instantiation issue (the LGPL
does not), and it does
not require distribution of object files (the LGPL does).
The GMGPL was created *precisely* because the LGPL was
too restrictive (interestingly the original GNAT contract
required the use of the LGPL, but we interpreted this to
mean any license that gave at least these rights and the
contractor agreed).