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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,2b315b117e4c5bae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:34:18 -0600 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Source code of large programs wanted References: <-NidnVy-ZYqBU73fRVn-sg@comcast.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:34:18 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.161.24.234 X-Trace: sv3-ltsnMMixRsKIwhC/gwaunF1ipzX7l6GOrz3n1f1djsWaMhGEtmnFZm20TeWFa4UEcrqNHFzks9SgiE2!a+OOLx/dh6GNHys7uKo5G9JyrdGvAiLn/Xu91Rxanc7Dly5mWqRC99+AJ13xNQ== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.31 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8501 Date: 2005-02-26T14:34:18-06:00 List-Id: ... unless I heard directly from the copyright holder. What does "heard directly" mean? I take it a posting on a web site doesn't qualify. Perhaps a registered letter with notarized signature? Or maybe a bank signature guarantee? If I sent you such a letter, with my signature, stating that Visual Studio was now Open Source, would that do the trick? What documentation was accepted for the other programs there?