Re: GMGPL (was Improved version (2002/1/26) of MT19937 PRNG)

[David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>]

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On Sat, 09 Feb 2002 09:55:48 +0800, Adrian Hoe <byhoe@greenlime.com> wrote:
> I released a package MT19937 and was GPL'ed few days ago. My new
> revision would contain the code from package Ada.Numerics.Float_Random
> (a-nuflra.adb) which is GMGPL'ed. So my new revision would also be
> GMGPL'ed. And of course, the package will be switched from GPL to GMGPL
> or both.

Your code doesn't nessecarily have to be GMGPL'ed. You can add GMGPL
code to a GPL program, and leave it GPL; the GMGPL code still retains
the license, but any permissions above the GPL would be moot if you
couldn't use the code without your GPL'ed additions.
 
> But I thought GMGPL (or/and GPL?) supposed to be standard? Why exist the
> authors' own interpretation of GMGPL, if any?

Just standard legal reality. If you disagree with how someone is using
your code, you get to chose whether to sue them or not. 

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