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: 103376,58988230753075de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 15:31:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.ksw.feedmania.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In praise of Ada Freeware Message-ID: References: <87wv4r1uy5.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <+uc0vOZmzK9b@eisner.encompasserve.org> <5ee5b646.0107291409.6538ad64@posting.google.com> <6jSXphU8E$xY@eisner.encompasserve.org> <5ee5b646.0107301233.66e4c147@posting.google.com> Organization: LJK Software Date: 30 Jul 2001 18:30:47 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 996532249 216.44.122.34 (Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:30:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:30:49 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10791 Date: 2001-07-30T18:30:47-05:00 List-Id: In article <5ee5b646.0107301233.66e4c147@posting.google.com>, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes: > Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<6jSXphU8E$xY@eisner.encompasserve.org>... > >> Given that some companies want something that does not have the GPL >> restrictions, Freeware is a mechanism that can expose them to Ada. > > Again, the term Freeware is just not sufficiently well defined for > anyone to be able to deduce what you are saying. Certainly not to those, like you, who have been following this thread :-). > Now if you are saying that some companies don't like the GPL because > it restricts what they can do, that of course is true, it is not as > restrictive as, say, the Microsoft license (which is why the MS > complaints are a bit peculiar), but it is definitely restrictive. And some people don't like Ada because it has been used by the US government. No matter what restriction, or lack of restriction, you put on something, someone will object. No doubt some object to non-GPL software because it does not further the cause of GPL. > If what you want is to encourage the use of a particular license, then > say so, and say what exactly you are encouraging! I am suggesting there is a place for some (useful) software with no restrictions at all. Since there is also a place for software with the GPL restrictions, one might think there is a place for others in between (e.g., a requirement for giving credit).