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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6c9f1733206a18a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-10 14:47:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!info1.fnal.gov!nntp.upenn.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Interest in sockets package development Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:43:00 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <9njbpg$6d7$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <9neodq$1vcs$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Reply-To: "Chad R. Meiners" NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13016 Date: 2001-09-10T17:43:00-04:00 List-Id: You're right. I have been thinking the LGPL <=> Gnat-Modified GPL. I intended to Gnat-Modified GPL. Thank you for pointing that out. ;) -CRM "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:nX3n7.2191$%u4.2297@www.newsranger.com... > In article <9neodq$1vcs$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, Chad R. Meiners says... > > > >I am currently developing a LGPL'ed thick binding for sockets in my spare > >time. The purpose of this binding is to provide better control of sockets > > Bindings should *not* use the LGPL. That license was designed for link > libraries, not compiled-in source code. In some ways it is actually *more* > restrictive than the GPL in this environment. > > Most Free binding authors these days use the GPL with exemptions for "with"ing > source, as the Gnat runtime does. This is commonly known as the Gnat-Modified > GPL, or GMGPL. To do this, you just add the standard GPL notice to your source > file headers, but follow it up with this: > > -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this > -- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, > -- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be > -- covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not > -- however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be > -- covered by the GNU Public License. > -- > > --- > T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html > home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com