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: 2001-04-27 06:58:18 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: Subject: Re: [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: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:57:58 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:57:58 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6974 Date: 2001-04-27T13:57:58+00:00 List-Id: In article , 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. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com