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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,351835e570c46e8b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-21 21:45:03 PST From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Conflicting statements about GPS? Organization: RMIT References: <3DB43B1E.1C6D99CF@raytheon.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:42:51 +1000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dale-ltc.cs.rmit.edu.au X-Trace: itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au 1035261801 dale-ltc.cs.rmit.edu.au (22 Oct 2002 14:43:21 +1000) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!vrn.edu.au!131.170.8.40.MISMATCH!itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au!dale Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30014 Date: 2002-10-22T14:42:51+10:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: > > Let's say I get a copy of the source to GNAT 3.15a1 (under our service > > contract), ACT does not restrict redistribution. I can choose to freely > > make it available (e.g., to my customer, others) or not. That meets the > > license restrictions of the GPL. > So if Raytheon decided to make a few extra bucks, they could sell > copies to everybody else, of course without support and with the usual > GPL restrictions. Is there anything restricting you from doing that? if it's in the GPL, no. However they may only make 1 sale. The rest may be freely distributed by 3rd (or 4th, 5th) parties. Dale