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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a0b0395751409938 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-13 17:41:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!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: Digital MoBoard in Ada Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:41:10 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CDC6AE3.FCBB6E96@adaworks.com> <9ff447f2.0205122356.5defa9b@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1021297271 5715 136.170.200.133 (13 May 2002 13:41:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 May 2002 13:41:11 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:23984 Date: 2002-05-13T13:41:11+00:00 List-Id: There are often restrictions that don't really have anything to do with security. More like contractural things or other monetary issues. The "should be available to everyone." part I think kind of implies a misunderstanding of property rights. Just because I own extremely useful software that you might want, doesn't exactly mean you have any right to gain access to it. Any organization might build software that for all sorts of reasons they don't want circulating out-of-house and while we may see it and want it, that doesn't mean they ought to give it up. OTOH, if it doesn't involve any classified research, then it ought to be duplicatable by an interested party. So I could imagine someone saying "Here someone created a useful product for internal consumption. I can do the same thing - maybe even better - and make mine more generally available (for sale or freeware or any other scheme you like.)" So maybe here's an idea for a spiffy Open Source project? Or a product for sale to boaters for $29.95 in the jewel box edition? :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Adrian Hoe" wrote in message news:9ff447f2.0205122356.5defa9b@posting.google.com... > > Why not? I don't see any military confidentiality in this program. If > that's a great software to help safe navigation of vessels, then it > should be available to everyone. After all, it shows that another > successful Ada implementation for safety critical computing. :) >