From: Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?)
Date: 1999/04/24
Date: 1999-04-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pv4uj6l1.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7fomsh$p8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:
> In article <371F8B02.9BD7045F@spam.com>,
> Glen <SpamSpam@spam.com> wrote:
> > Could someone on GNU.MISC.DISCUSS please read the
> > threads, and pick up, this is the reality of commercial
> > development of GPL - proprietory versions !!
>
> The GPL and the notion of proprietary software are
> fundamentally incompatible. No versions of GNAT for
> example are, or could be proprietary.
>
> You must be using proprietary in an exceedingly unusual
> sense, different from how most people use the term.
>
> Indeed the whole point of the GPL is to avoid the
> disadvantages of the proprietary model of software.
Glen, apparently, lacks the proper vocabulary to engage in a proper
discussion. Perhaps I can help here...
The correct word is "hoarding". And, yes, the GPL allows hoarding.
Stallman doesn't think that if you distribute GPL'd source code to
person A that you must also distribute it to person B if he asks.
Remember the joke about the difference between a slut and a bitch?
A slut puts out for everyone and a bitch puts out for everyone but you.
The GPL allows one to be a bitch.
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Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` root
1999-04-22 0:00 ` dennison
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 ` Samuel Mize
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$1@nnrp1.dej <1999Apr23.172908.1@eisner>
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
[not found] ` <7frqmj$bg6$1@mulga.cs.mu.oz.au>
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Leslie Mikesell
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` David Kastrup
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` bill
1999-05-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1999-05-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-04-23 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Christopher Browne
1999-04-23 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Geoffrey KEATING
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) David Starner
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Geoffrey KEATING
1999-04-26 0:00 ` bourguet
[not found] ` <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a509d0d9@aasaa.ofe.org>
1999-04-26 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Ronald Cole [this message]
1999-04-21 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Robert Dewar
1999-04-17 0:00 ` Ada compiler for PC? Steven Hovater
1999-04-18 0:00 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
[not found] ` <7fua23$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 ` Robert Dewar
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
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