From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future
Date: 1999/02/05
Date: 1999-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79f24e$t14$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 79eo76$kkk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
In article <79eo76$kkk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> In article <1999Feb4.230015.1@eisner>,
> Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> > And _that_ is non-responsive. My complaint is not that
> > any particular meaning (e.g., those terms chosen by GNAT)
> > is not compatible, but that everyone who has a different
> > idea seems to come up with their _own_ license terms for
> > "free" software, and at least some of those are not
> > compatible with commercial use.
>
> Yes, of course for any use (I have no idea what you mean by
> commercial use), you are *legally* obligated to check
> carefully before you use someone else's software that you
> are legally entitled to do so, otherwise you may be
> violating the copyright law.
Technicly, yes that's true. But we are talking actual practice, here. Lets
take the very popular VisualC++ compiler as an example here. It comes with a
very lengthy license that is prominently displayed during installation. Now
let's have a virtual show of hands. How many people here have ever read the
entire license carefully to make sure that it provides them the legal right
to do what they want to do with the code it produces? I predict I won't see a
lot of hands. Why not? Well, I'm no sociologist, but it appears folks *trust*
Microsoft to not restrict the commercial use of the code developed with their
tools.
As you yourself point out, putting the same trust in random open-source tools
would be foolhardy. The fact of the matter is that I'm a S/W engineer and not
a lawyer. The thought of possibly rendering several man-years of my own and
other people's work useless due to my own misreading of a license is pretty
chilling. For myself, I think the benifits of open-source software tend to be
worth the risk. But I can certianly understand the position of those who
don't agree.
T.E.D.
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1999-01-31 0:00 Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future Alexy V Khrabrov
1999-01-31 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-02-08 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-01 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-02-03 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-02 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-02-03 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-06 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-08 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-08 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-08 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-09 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-07 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-02-08 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-08 0:00 ` Open Source Licensing (was: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future) dennison
1999-02-08 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-09 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1999-02-09 0:00 ` Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future robert_dewar
1999-02-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-07 0:00 ` Simon Wright
[not found] ` <36ba730b.35540068@ <79fmg1$fn0$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
1999-02-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
[not found] ` <79f24e$t14 <36BB4162.52FC6D9F@averstar.com>
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dennison [this message]
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-06 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-02-08 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-09 0:00 ` micro_ada
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-08 0:00 ` John English
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Pointer Arithmetic (was: Wanted: Ada STL....) adam
1999-02-02 0:00 ` William Clodius
1999-02-03 0:00 ` adam
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-03 0:00 ` William Clodius
1999-02-03 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-03 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-02-03 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future Matthew Heaney
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Alexy V Khrabrov
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-01 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1999-02-05 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
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