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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1151422118.772405.307200@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> From: M E Leypold Date: 28 Jun 2006 02:50:15 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.243.222 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1151455440 88.72.243.222 (28 Jun 2006 02:44:00 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5163 Date: 2006-06-28T02:50:15+02:00 List-Id: Michael Bode writes: > "Ludovic Brenta" writes: > > >> 4) all licencing terms embedded in the distributions are repudiated? > > > > They never had any legal force; only a signed statement from the > > copyright holder has legal force. > > > From a well know file named COPYING (note paragraph 2): > > How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs > To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest > to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively > convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least > the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. Ah bah -- Michael, You know that the FSF doesn't have a clue? :-). Just joking -- Markus