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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac193220dd94f402 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-06 09:40:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!sienna.impulse.net!newsxfer.interpacket.net!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and Database Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 17:34:35 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <937kvb$tc3$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Jan 06 17:34:35 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x51.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3708 Date: 2001-01-06T17:34:35+00:00 List-Id: In article > Some of us can only understand _short_ legal texts, > because we become very sleepy after the first ten lines ;-) I cannot tell you how many court cases wallow in chaos caused by non-lawyers thinking things like this, and writing down what they think are simple straight-forward agreements that turn out to be anything but. > I keep looking for an understandable ten-line digest of GPL > and "open source". You will not find one, any ten line digest of a license agreement is going to be full of confusion, misleading implications, and errors. I am sure there are people who would like to find a 4 page booklet clearly describing all of Ada. If you don't clearly understand the GPL, how can you possibly make the judgment that your license (which I have not read) is compatible with the GPL? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/