Re: ada on linux

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <dWo9WIe9UjBn@eisner.decus.org>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> In article <8ggm28$a33$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar
<robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > Well most often proprietary in software has been used to
> > describe software which is only released under restrictive
> > license terms.

> Such as requiring that changed source be released with changed
> binaries ?

No, such as not permitting redistribution at all, and not
providing the sources at all. Yes, of course there are
restrictions in all licenses, but there is a pretty big
difference between the Microsoft license, which is very much
about protecting Microsoft's interests, and the GPL, which is
about protecting user interests in having deriviative products
retain a non-restrictive license.

If you have a rule in a democracy that the one thing that the
people may not vote on is a proposal to end democracy, that's
a rather different kind of restriction than say, one which
allows only one party to exist :-)


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