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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-02 07:05:56 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <5viG6.1064$SZ5.86996@www.newsranger.com> <3AEE0E5C.2ED1@li.net> Subject: Re: GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released) Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 10:05:25 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:05:25 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7085 Date: 2001-05-02T14:05:25+00:00 List-Id: 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. ------- 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 --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com