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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-27 11:15:45 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.rt.ru!news-stob.telia.net!news-sto.telia.net!194.22.194.4.MISMATCH!masternews.telia.net.!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peter Hend�n" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released 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 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:03:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.64.235.46 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 988394632 213.64.235.46 (Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:03:52 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:03:52 CEST Organization: Telia Internet Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6990 Date: 2001-04-27T18:03:52+00:00 List-Id: "David Botton" wrote: > I hope for the sake of Ada a decision will be made to keep the model as is > and release products like this in a way that I believe helps promote Ada, > under the GNAT Modified GPL. Perhaps once Ada has replaced C++ as the > language of choice by most we can look to furthering the FSF's agenda > instead of our own, that of Ada. Precisely. Of course, ACT can do as they please, but I believe this decision will further neither their business, nor that of the Ada community. Access to a good Ada implementation of XML/XSL/DOM/SAX and whatnot, with a GMGPL along with the public GNAT and jGNAT, would help me, at least, to pry open the doors into some Java/C++ sites for Ada. > Please reconsider and _ANY ONE ELSE_ who is looking to release Ada packages > please don't step in to this trend. If you need more explanation as to why a > regular GPL or LGPL will create problems for users of your packages not > themselves releasing code under GPL/LGPL, please e-mail me. I have been working on an ADA implementation of an XML parser, DOM and tools. These would have the purpose stated above, and I nearly scrapped that project when I first read the announcement. Now... we'll see. It needs some serious (re-)work before I release it anyway. If I do, it will be GMGPL. Regards, Peter -- Peter Hend�n http://www.algonet.se/~phenden ICQ: 14672398 Teknisk Dokumentation AB http://www.tdab.com