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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92640d662fc31a03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-14 15:46:56 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!195.25.12.36!oleane.net!oleane!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Libraries Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 18:35:15 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9dpmj6$rpn$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9d6c89$1nd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9d87id$oll15@news.kvaerner.com> <9d8t6a$t8r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9domjk$h4t$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 989879718 28471 136.170.200.133 (14 May 2001 22:35:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 May 2001 22:35:18 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7501 Date: 2001-05-14T22:35:18+00:00 List-Id: O.K. Just to be fair - I did say "GPL-ish". :-) I'd hate to start that whole GPL/LGPL/GMGPL thing all over again. I was only observing that if someone were to develop something that hoped to make its way into Ada as a library, there needs to be some means that makes it very easy for a compiler vendor just to bundle it up and ship it. (That and it has to be good quality, general purpose & portable. We could go on for days about all the possible requirements. For now I'll stick to the licensing issue.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:MaWL6.2162$A07.433578@homer.alpha.net... > Marin David Condic wrote in message <9domjk$h4t$1@nh.pace.co.uk>... > >things and put under some sort of GPL-ish license so that compiler > vendors > >would be free to distribute it with their product? > > > As far as the license goes, the question is more whether the license > would allow vendors to distribute it with their compilers. Indeed, I > would expect a GPL license to PREVENT most of the vendors from > distributing it. (GPL poisoning, anyone?) >