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From: fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu (Roy T. Fielding)
Subject: Re: GLADE and GPL (was: what DOES the GPL really say?)
Date: 1997/06/28
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Date: 1997-06-28T00:00:00+00:00
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In <dewar.867438815@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>I just checked the most recent public release, and it is simply 
>misinformation to say that GLADE is distributed under the GPL. All
>units of GLADE are distributed under the modified GPL that allows
>free use (this modified GPL is far more permissive than the more
>restrictive LGPL).

Version 1.02 (the one that was "the most recent" last week -- I haven't
had a chance to see if there is a newer one) contains the GPL without
any modifications or exceptions.  Can you point me to a release that
contains something different?  If the license has changed since 1.02,
then life will be much easier.

>What exactly is your problem? Are you just assuming that the GLADE
>components are under the GPL without checking?

No.  What is your problem, Robert?  Personally, I find your attitude,
and the policies of ACT regarding hidden releases and non-public
patches, to be a considerable hindrance to the development of free
software for the Ada95 community.  Compared to free software projects
like Apache and Linux, ACT's *paid* support is miserable.  And I *am*
a paid customer.  If you guys would just release the software and
provide a decent problem-report database, then the bugs would be
discovered and fixed faster, and people would have a lot more *fun*
being part of the community.  As it is, you guys are just getting
in the way.

 ...Roy T. Fielding
    Department of Information & Computer Science    (fielding@ics.uci.edu)
    University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3425    fax:+1(714)824-1715
    http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/