From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada test example - Linux Software Installer
Date: 2000/05/07
Date: 2000-05-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f2jhl$35m$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JpoF4nBx0iQb@eisner.decus.org
In article <JpoF4nBx0iQb@eisner.decus.org>,
Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> That sounds like a worthwhile project, but if you want to
> increase acceptance, please do _not_ license it in such a way
> that anyone who distributes the installer (such as, with their
> software) has to distribute the source to the software.
> Muddying the waters of Ada Advocacy with Open Source Advocacy
> would not increase adoption.
The GPL is fine for this purpose, there is no way that the GPL
could be argued to apply to things the installer was installing.
I suspect many readers of CLA are not aware of the principle of
misuse of copyright. It is quite an instructive reminder in this
kind of case :-)
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2000-04-13 0:00 Lockheed Martin Chooses Green Hills Ada for Joint Strike Fighter Ken Garlington
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-14 0:00 ` David Gillon
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Steve Arnold
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Paul Makepeace
2000-04-24 0:00 ` Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.) Wes Groleau
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-26 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-29 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Ada test example - Linux Software Installer Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.) Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
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