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,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!LF.net!news.enyo.de!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:57:10 +0200 Message-ID: <873bdpjxwp.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: albireo.enyo.de 1151495831 8740 212.9.189.177 (28 Jun 2006 11:57:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:/DbghYKlZVWof12U0MO4mXFlUrY= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5206 Date: 2006-06-28T13:57:10+02:00 List-Id: * Michael Bode: > How can any AdaCore software then remain in Debian at all? Debian does not check the precise copyright status of most packages. I doubt many authors are willing to provide assurances without proper compensation, especially if they have incorporated any contributions from third parties (which can pose legal risks even if you've got statements in writing to the contrary).