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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.162.70 with SMTP id l67mr459367ioe.138.1523661429821; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:17:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:2281:: with SMTP id y1-v6mr53026ota.14.1523661429563; Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:17:09 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feed.usenet.farm!feeder3.feed.usenet.farm!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!k65-v6no772297ita.0!news-out.google.com!15-v6ni863itg.0!nntp.google.com!e130-v6no760322itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:17:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86fec52b-7fca-47a1-a059-470193eca6bc@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=101.164.108.182; posting-account=wavAeAoAAAAZF_sXSZepBukuPCBO0Zqt NNTP-Posting-Host: 101.164.108.182 References: <1388442297.545342755.856911.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <5aea61e5-e795-4391-bcb6-4ba956cea394@googlegroups.com> <874lkeojjd.fsf@nightsong.com> <7746be67-26f5-4a03-9d23-19c2256be48f@googlegroups.com> <86fec52b-7fca-47a1-a059-470193eca6bc@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada-WinRT bindings - Alpha release From: alby.gamper@gmail.com Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 23:17:09 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 2372 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4050037578 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51487 Date: 2018-04-13T16:17:09-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 9:15:45 AM UTC+10, alby....@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 9:11:57 AM UTC+10, Dan'l Miller wrote: > > On Friday, April 13, 2018 at 4:58:48 PM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote: > > > "Dan'l Miller" writes: > > > > Yeah, Alex, I was wondering the same thing (at least a variant > > > > thereof). Why not LGPLv3 > > > > > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html > > > > > > > (while this bindings library would be re-licensed as LGPLv3). > > > > > > I can't speak for Alex but as an occasional author of GPL code myself, I > > > can tell you that (from my end) requests for re-licensing are taken more > > > seriously when they are accompanied by offers of development funding. > > > > Why would you even bother writing libraries that evoke the viral aspect of GPL, forcing your choice of license on apps of which your library is some mere tiny minuscule portion? I will change the licensing to LGPL over the weekend