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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6c9f1733206a18a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-10 12:16:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: mjw@golux Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Interest in sockets package development References: <9neodq$1vcs$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> From: Matthew Woodcraft Message-ID: <87g09u3lpj.fsf@chiark.greenend.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 10 Sep 2001 20:11:20 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.107.104.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 1000149063 213.107.104.73 (Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:11:03 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:11:03 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12997 Date: 2001-09-10T20:11:20+01:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison writes: > Bindings should *not* use the LGPL. That license was designed for link > libraries, not compiled-in source code. In some ways it is actually *more* > restrictive than the GPL in this environment. The LGPL explicitly allows you to treat LGPL-licensed software as GPLed instead (as a one-time conversion), so it can never really be more restrictive than the GPL. -M-