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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-04 07:23:46 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3AF16DB7.2B810A47@canal-plus.fr> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 10:23:10 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:23:10 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7154 Date: 2001-05-04T14:23:10+00:00 List-Id: In article , Emmanuel Briot says... >(I am posted this message on behalf of Robert Dewar for the second time. > For some reason, the first time never made it to the newsgroup. Sorry Since a copy was cc-ed to me, I too was wondering where it was. I'm glad to see it finally appear, as it has some good info in it (despite the personal attacks). >So Ted is quite wrong here (really Ted, you should check your facts before >you post, one of the reasons I have decided to spend far less time with Now perhaps you can see why I got so defensive all of a sudden. I'll leave it up to everyone else's judgement whether what I said was reasonably close to the truth, based on the old messages I referenced. What started that thread that contained the RMS suggestion to use a modified GPL is unfortunately lost to the mists of time, but my memory of it was that someone piped up about their lawyers refusing to allow use of GNAT due to the GPL/LGPL issue. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com