Re: non military license for ada

["chris.danx" <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com>]

sk wrote:

> I am not a lawyer, nor have I retained one to verify my
> position; however, my use of GPL code does not require
> me to make my source public unless I make the final
> product public. A military entity is not making their
> final products public (up to the point of impact
> anyway :-) either, so they can happily use GPL without
> any problems (unless, I believe, they try to sell the
> product to another entity).
> 

Oh well, you learn something new everyday (I thought the GPL forced 
developers to distribute sources regardless).

I'm starting to rate software licenses as one of the "things I hate 
about software development" because of the minefield they create and 
their complexity (the others being software patents, sloppy management 
and stress).

Even the pay isn't that good anymore (well on this side of the pond any 
way - and round here you'd be lucky to get a job with top honours and/or 
10 years of prev experience; everybodies leaving the uk - and scotland 
in particular - with many companies who would be good to have invest are 
outsourcing to India (some are shutting down operations here and 
outsourcing).  The (immediate) future is bleak for graduates & software 
developers as a whole).

Seriously considering jacking in SD after I grad and working in Safeway! :(