From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner)
Subject: Re: GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released)
Date: 27 Apr 2001 18:52:59 GMT
Date: 2001-04-27T18:52:59+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ccf6b$aai1@news.cis.okstate.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5viG6.1064$SZ5.86996@www.newsranger.com
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:02:41 GMT, Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> as they were of the opinion that linking GPL-ed packages into their program
> would require them to make the whole program GPL-ed.
Which is correct.
> Now if you are asking why this was done, rather than only allowing paying
> customers that exception like they are talking about doing for the XML parser,
> you would have to get a ruling from ACT on that one. But it really is their call
> to make either way.
Not wrt to GNAT, as the copyright on that is owned by the FSF. FSF
would have probably objected to ACT offering a different license to
its customers than to the general public.
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-26 12:19 [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released Emmanuel Briot
2001-04-26 16:50 ` Preben Randhol
2001-04-26 17:27 ` Emmanuel Briot
2001-04-26 20:58 ` Florian Weimer
2001-04-26 17:49 ` David Botton
2001-04-27 8:35 ` Preben Randhol
2001-04-27 13:57 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-28 10:16 ` Preben Randhol
2001-04-30 14:31 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-03 14:39 ` Thierry Lelegard
2001-05-03 19:33 ` David Starner
2001-05-04 7:24 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-05-04 14:33 ` Thierry Lelegard
2001-05-04 17:46 ` tmoran
2001-05-09 8:38 ` Thierry Lelegard
2001-05-04 7:57 ` Emmanuel Briot
2001-05-04 14:02 ` David Botton
2001-05-04 14:06 ` David Botton
2001-05-04 14:23 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 13:35 ` Emmanuel Briot
2001-04-27 15:42 ` David Botton
2001-04-27 18:03 ` Peter Hend�n
2001-04-27 15:58 ` Al Christians
2001-04-27 16:43 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 17:37 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 17:49 ` David Starner
2001-04-27 18:57 ` David Botton
2001-04-27 19:11 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 17:42 ` GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released) Vincent Marciante
2001-04-27 18:02 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 18:52 ` David Starner [this message]
2001-04-30 8:09 ` Emmanuel Briot
2001-04-30 16:44 ` David Starner
2001-04-27 18:54 ` David Botton
2001-04-30 15:00 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-01 1:16 ` Vincent Marciante
2001-05-02 14:05 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-02 14:47 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-02 15:56 ` Vincent Marciante
2001-05-02 17:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-02 18:12 ` Vincent Marciante
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