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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577c9f9c0cdd76d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: tmoran@bix.com Subject: Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Date: 1999/11/04 Message-ID: <_JlU3.61$0h7.11516@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 544521077 References: <3821B4CE.1C021BDF@mail.earthlink.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net 941746170 206.170.2.13 (Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:09:30 PST) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:09:30 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >> painless, but they are restrictions. You cannot in fact do >> anything you want. > >You never can. If you want to communicate in a usenet group, your file In the old days, I used to post software to BBSes with a statement like "Copyright Tom Moran, Anyone may use in any way." It seems to me the GPL is more restrictive than that. GPLed software is certainly attractive to some folks. Greedy salesmen don't seem to be among that group. Looking at the computer industry, it seems to me greedy salesmen with large marketing budgets have convinced a lot of people to use their products. A heck of a lot more people than the total number of Open Source users. GPL restrictions are significant restrictions with significant effects.