Re: A few questions on Ada and Ada implementations

[Kulin Remailer <remailer@reece.net.au>]

> > Are there any free (as in no license restrictions, not GPL-
> > anything) 
> 
> That definition of "free" is not at all common; what you describe is
> most widely known as "public domain".

I meant just as I wrote, free of license restrictions, not free as in
no-cost, as the rest of my message showed. I didn't expect anything in the
public domain would meet my needs. If you read my post I'm sure you realize
that, so it would seem you're just taking issue with one statement, out of
context, with an eye towards proseletyzing (did I spell that right) on your
Church of "free software". Don't waste your time on me, I know better!

> As the Free Software Foundation will happily tell you, the GPL is
> designed to ensure freedom, while public domain is not.

The GPL is most certainly not designed to insure freedom, it's designed to
enforce their ideas of software as a socialist enterprise. To the extent
that otherwise sensible people consider viral, forcible open source
licenses freedom, they've been somewhat successful ;-) Just because they
redefine words whose meaning is not in question and repeat those falsehoods
endlessly doesn't mean we are all silly enough to buy their bill of goods.

Thanks and have a lovely day!