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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,81ad2a544a72a777 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!proxad.net!infeed-2.proxad.net!news4-e.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: FSF libgnat References: <87irvuejhc.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87ek6iecj2.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <2Pe5f.148604$dP1.506527@newsc.telia.net> Date: 25 Oct 2005 22:15:35 +0200 Message-ID: <871x2973q0.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Oct 2005 22:20:06 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1130271606 news4-e.free.fr 13084 81.56.47.149:63239 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5934 Date: 2005-10-25T22:20:06+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Bj�rn" == Bj�rn Persson writes: Bj�rn> In other words, you're saying that different parts of the same Bj�rn> executable file will be covered by different licenses. Now Bj�rn> *that* is messy! It is not messy, it is quite a common situation. When you develop proprietary software and use off-the-shelf components, each one comes with its own license. When you develop for Microsoft Windows using Microsoft toolkits for example, those toolkits have their license which is likely to differ from the one you choose for your own code. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam