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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,effb80d4bb7716dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future Date: 1999/02/05 Message-ID: <79do2l$r62$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 440835934 References: <790f4q$3l@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <36B856E4.D921C1D@bton.ac.uk> <79cc3q$mms$1@remarQ.com> <1999Feb4.141530.1@eisner> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x5.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Feb 05 03:21:01 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <1999Feb4.141530.1@eisner>, Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote: > Because the variety of meanings of the word "free" covers > some things that cannot be included in commercial > software. At some point it is easier to reinvent the > wheel than to spend life pretending to be a lawyer. This is nonsense obfuscation. It is perfectly possible for open source software to be licensed in such a way that it can perfectly well be included in commercial software. To imply otherwise is a common marketing trick by those involved with proprietary software, but it is bogus. Examples of licensing provisions that are consistent with such usage are the modified GPL used in GNAT, and the BSD licensing used for X. There is lots of commercial software using both of these items! Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own