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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Open Source: in conflict with the development process in the Ada
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in message news:<a9pf6e$bo8$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...

> Hence I wouldn't begrudge any businessman saying "I won't put my software
> out on the net under GPL (or similar) because I don't think I can make a
> profit doing so."

Putting your software out on the net is an orthogonal decision on what
license to use. The GPL does not require you to make your software
available
on the net, and you can put your software on the net without giving
permission to redistribute.

> 
> MDC
> --
> Marin David Condic
> Senior Software Engineer
> Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
> Enabling the digital revolution
> e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com
> 
> 
> "Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com> wrote in message
> news:5ee5b646.0204190620.1902ede@posting.google.com...

Marin, please don't quote entire articles, quote selectively, thanks!
It is annoying to have to delete these junk second level quotes. We
all have thread following news readers at this stage.