Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released

[Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <slrn9eibsn.1on.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no>, Preben
Randhol says...
>
>On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:49:56 -0400, David Botton wrote:
>> Is there any plans to have a public version of XML\Ada with the GNAT
>> Modified GPL?
>
>If it is a library isn't LGPL better?

I don't think its that kind of library. The LGPL works best with run-time
libraries (libxx.so, xx.dll, etc.); the kind of stuff that it makes sense to
distribute separately in binary form. Many of the provisions in it make no sense
outside of that context. Some of them are actively harmful. For instance, if I
want to make a traditional closed-source Windows program and sell it to someone,
I have to also give them a compiler and my sources so that they can compile new
versions of the library when it is released. If it were a proper Windows DLL,
they'd only need the compiler. :-)

Generally what I'd like to see is that I can use the sources in my own program,
and distribute my program under whatever license I choose, as long as I allow
access to the Free Software sources that I used (inluding any mods I made). The
GNAT-Modified GPL accomplishes that goal.

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