Re: GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released)

[Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <3AEE0E5C.2ED1@li.net>, Vincent Marciante says...
>What I'm really wondering is whether or not having 
>the exception in general, infrastructure-type Ada
>code that is released is at all appropriate.  I 
>thought that knowing the exact rationale for the 
>GNAT would have been helpful.

Well, I think I *could* take a stab at answering this. But, lest I bring down
the "wrath of Dewar" upon myself yet again over some minor point, perhaps it
would be better if I just pointed you to some old posts that were made 5 years
ago when this matter was first being discussed. 

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This is a 13 message thread, most interestingly containing a suggestion from RMS
about using the GPL, with "additional permissions" instead of the LGPL.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=85399e386b2d7b8d&seekm=3v7tov%24hja%40cmcl2.NYU.EDU#p


An 11 message thread with a lot of discussion about the LGPL

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=9b9d7d64ddd3e61c&seekm=Pine.SUN.3.91.950730164218.1449A-100000%40solar.sky.net#p

A 2 message thread containing the earliest mention I could find of the
"Gnat-modified GPL".

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=22bcd04d1690b81b&seekm=43cn4vINN6il%40RA.DEPT.CS.YALE.EDU#p

A 13 message thread from about a year later about how the GMGPL (apparently now
installed and in use) affects things.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=ae613fe8e530e8a0&seekm=dewar.847550884%40merv#p

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