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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c887193050c097ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 17:52:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 09:53:18 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3C625604.1C948A06@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1013180001 13748 136.170.200.133 (8 Feb 2002 14:53:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2002 14:53:21 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19809 Date: 2002-02-08T14:53:21+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrna67f4p.qd.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > > Sorry it was my mistake it says Other/Proprietary License. >