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,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-02 08:51:45 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Vincent Marciante" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5viG6.1064$SZ5.86996@www.newsranger.com> <3AEE0E5C.2ED1@li.net> Subject: Re: GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 11:56:26 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 160.79.20.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 988818704 160.79.20.98 (Wed, 02 May 2001 15:51:44 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:51:44 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7091 Date: 2001-05-02T11:56:26-04:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:FuUH6.6682$SZ5.545769@www.newsranger.com... > In article <3AEE0E5C.2ED1@li.net>, Vincent Marciante says... > >What I'm really wondering is whether or not having > >the exception in general, infrastructure-type Ada > >code that is released is at all appropriate. I > >thought that knowing the exact rationale for the > >GNAT would have been helpful. > > Well, I think I *could* take a stab at answering this. But, lest I bring down > the "wrath of Dewar" upon myself yet again over some minor point, perhaps it > would be better if I just pointed you to some old posts that were made 5 years > ago when this matter was first being discussed. > > ------- > This is a 13 message thread, most interestingly containing a suggestion from RMS > about using the GPL, with "additional permissions" instead of the LGPL. > Thanks for providing these references. Also, did not realize that the old newsgroup history is available again! Vinny (Please remove the antispam to reply directly.)