Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Ahhhh. O.K. Gotcha now.

So under that heading does Sourceforge mean that the software is Proprietary
or the license is Proprietary? I'd have to believe the former. But then
what's the point? If you put source code up on a web site and make it
available for download and then say: "But you can't use this without payment
or some other special relationship with the owner...", then it seems kind of
silly to have it on the website at all.

Of course calling a software license "Proprietary" is really kind of an
arbitrary thing. Licenses exist on a kind of sliding scale with "Public
Domain" (unlimited rights) on one end and "Locked up in a vault" (no rights
at all) on the other. GPL is probably off to the left side and a Microsoft
license is off to the right side, but both claim some property rights to the
software and some limited license to use those rights by the end user.

MDC
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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
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> Sorry it was my mistake it says Other/Proprietary License.
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