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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a996db867563769d X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.mixmin.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kulin Remailer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A few questions on Ada and Ada implementations Date: 20 Dec 2010 15:28:49 -0000 Organization: Kulin Remailer Message-ID: References: <82ei9dstls.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net; posting-host="01ba22ccb67a79b841276309123c180a"; logging-data="20460"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@mixmin.net" Comments: X-Remailer-Contact: abuse@reece.net.au (English Only Please) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:17034 Date: 2010-12-20T15:28:49+00:00 List-Id: > > 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!