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, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,43ff490aee692a6a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-10 08:40:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ASCL project on AdaPower.net Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:12:15 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9v2mt2$mpl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9ucgi0$7g2i6$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008000738 23349 136.170.200.133 (10 Dec 2001 16:12:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Dec 2001 16:12:18 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.google.com comp.lang.ada:17680 Date: 2001-12-10T16:12:18+00:00 List-Id: If the interest is to get the widest possible usage out of it (and I think that's a noble goal) then public domain is probably the best choice. Or at least something as unrestrictive as that which the ARM was published under. (We want to get it into the ARM eventually, don't we?) Public domain would make it extremely easy for professors to include it in their textbooks or for implementors to build on top of it or for compiler vendors to distribute it. There's no real money to be made in something like this from the perspective of "selling" the library and anything that might be some flavor of the GPL might only be there to attempt to coerce source code distribution - which some end users might find objectionable. I'd suggest just turning it loose like a live Grateful Dead concert and let it go where it may. But you're right that this is an issue best dealt with after we have an initial cut at the spec - which I see as a kind of "Requirements Doc". It may need to be dealt with prior to producing a working version of the library. Those contributing to the implementation may want to understand what restrictions - if any - are likely to be placed on their work. (Presuming that anyone wishing to contribute agrees to some general goal of maximum possible openness & utilization, there can still be some debate about the best mechanism to get there.) 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/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:ZoMO7.46863$xS6.76244@www.newsranger.com... > > I purposedly did *not* put a license on anything, just because I wanted to avoid > that issue for now. I'm afraid anything other than complete public domain might > cause a problem for a vendor somewhere, and that's the last thing we want. >