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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada test example - Linux Software Installer
Date: 2000/05/07
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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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