From: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
Subject: Re: EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions)
Date: 1999/04/26
Date: 1999-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7g26of$ncc$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7g0qj1$1td0$1@Mercury.mcs.net
In article <7g0qj1$1td0$1@Mercury.mcs.net>,
les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) wrote:
> It is mostly bickering about the meaning of the GPL. As
> in how you can distribute even one bugfix copy of
> something with a license that ensures the right to source
> and the right to redistribute the source while witholding
> the source
There is nothing in the GPL that ever *requires* *anyone*
to distribute *anything* [other than the source for a
program for which they distribute the objects] under
*any* circumstances. Indeed a license which has any such
requirements is not regarded as a legitimate free software
license by the FSF (this is one of the contentions, the
open source software folk to do not make this distinction)
> and insisting that the recipient not redistribute?
Any such insistence would be a clear violation of the GPL.
For example, if you distributed GPL'ed software along with
a non-disclosure agreement which restricted the further
distribution, this would violate the GPL. You can
explicitly ask people not to do it, explaining why you
would prefer them not to redistribute, but that's only
a request. At ACT, we don't even make such explicit
requests.
I suspect there *are* situations that are murky, for
example surrounding the GCC work being done for Merced, but
at ACT we never have any restrictive requirements, since,
as noted above, these would clearly violate the GPL, and
you are right, to have such restrictions would make no
sense, which is why the GPL does not permit them.
Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies
One or the other doesn't
> make sense.
>
> >As an Ada fan, I would much prefer the versions of Ada
available
> >(from all sources) were as defect-free as possible, so
those who
> >are not already firmly in the Ada camp will not get
disuaded by
> >encountering defects.
>
> If the old versions are perfect, why is there ongoing
development?
>
> Les Mikesell
> les@mcs.com
>
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1999-04-17 0:00 Ada compiler for PC? Michael Feher
1999-04-17 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-18 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-20 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) SpamSpamSpam
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Glen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` root
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Glen
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Russell Senior
1999-04-23 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Geoffrey KEATING
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) David Starner
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Geoffrey KEATING
[not found] ` <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a509d0d9@aasaa.ofe.org>
1999-04-26 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-26 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) bourguet
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-04-23 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Christopher Browne
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Russell Senior
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <7fqld6$htu$1@nnrp1.dej <1999Apr23.172908.1@eisner>
[not found] ` <7frqmj$bg6$1@mulga.cs.mu.oz.au>
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Leslie Mikesell
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` David Kastrup
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` bill
1999-05-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1999-05-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1999-04-22 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-17 0:00 ` Ada compiler for PC? Steven Hovater
1999-04-18 0:00 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
[not found] ` <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a <1999Apr25.201259.1@eisner>
1999-04-25 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Leslie Mikesell
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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