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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.24.227 with SMTP id x3mr5487325obf.9.1420490747538; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:45:47 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.96.52 with SMTP id j49mr50386qge.10.1420490747502; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:45:47 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!h15no36799751igd.0!news-out.google.com!n9ni76qai.0!nntp.google.com!dc16no4321673qab.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 12:45:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.138.108.48; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.138.108.48 References: <0Kgqw.953330$_k.685364@fx16.iad> <199c826a-923e-497f-a8e2-9e732c8a5665@googlegroups.com> <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8a1733a8-8d68-4a60-a47e-169b86d578d5@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What is the best license to use for open source software? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:45:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2311 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1190151008 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24382 Date: 2015-01-05T12:45:47-08:00 List-Id: > But GNAT GPL is be used commercially. If you do in-house maintenance of= =20 > applications that are not sold/distributed, the GPL virus can't bite you. Lots of demo software can be useful in some situations, but that doesn't ma= ke it something good for Ada advocacy (or even Free software advocacy in a = case of unencumbered run times). Example, GPL would work for software I write for my medical clinics, howeve= r if I decided to sell or give away binaries of software I wrote for my cli= nics then likely it would not work. However.. If I decide to integrate the = software I write with any of the other software, drivers or equipment in my= office I _will_ be in violation of the GPL even if I don't distribute the= binaries. If they are not "GPL" compatible. David Botton