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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:a49:: with SMTP id 70-v6mr15882572itw.18.1525471240605; Fri, 04 May 2018 15:00:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:445c:: with SMTP id f28-v6mr2005866otj.2.1525471240477; Fri, 04 May 2018 15:00:40 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!newsreader5.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!v8-v6no1804252itc.0!news-out.google.com!b185-v6ni2335itb.0!nntp.google.com!u74-v6no691432itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 15:00:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.233.194; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.233.194 References: <9c3a75d6-a01f-4cfa-9493-10b8b082ead8@googlegroups.com> <114db2c4-1e8c-4506-8d7c-df955dd9f808@googlegroups.com> <87d0yc1lsq.fsf@nightsong.com> <878t901jp4.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Precisely why can't official FSF GNAT maintainers copy bug fixes in GNAT & its GCC-contained runtime en masse from GNAT GPL Community Edition? From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 22:00:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 3427 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1673755463 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51990 Date: 2018-05-04T15:00:40-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 4:47:01 PM UTC-5, Simon Wright wrote: > antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl writes: > > Concerning FSF, I think that they know what Ada Core > > is doing and accept that. I personaly think that > > Ada Core is subverting GPL, but apparently FSF > > either thinks that what Ada Core is doing is right or > > decided to compromise to have a contributor. >=20 > Many FSF offerings have similar notices; including C library, C++ > library, Bison I see absolutely no analogue to AdaCore and its GNAT Pro Assurance or Enter= prise or Developer editions in the examples that you give: GCC C library, = GCC C++ library, or GNU Bison. Please provide a URL to a company that sell= s restricted access to GCC C library, GCC C++ library, or GNU Bison for whi= ch source code is unavailable at time of purchase/download to the =E2=80=A2= =E2=80=A2general public=E2=80=A2=E2=80=A2. I am pretty sure that no such U= RL exists to such a company for such FSF products anywhere on planet Earth = (other than AdaCore regarding C/C++ integration with GNAT Pro Assurance and= Enterprise editions). After the demise of Cygnus Solutions, is AdaCore th= e only such company on planet Earth selling restricted* access to source co= de whose rights to copy are assigned to FSF? * Btw, how precisely is it restricted? Is it in fact restricted at all? DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer and have not passed the bar in any jurisdiction. I am sp= eaking for only myself in novelty-entertainment value for my own personal e= njoyment as a purely-hypothetical/theoretical logic exercise regarding my u= nderstanding of plain-meaning reading of English prose. Do not rely on any= of this without consulting a lawyer.