From: Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: GtkAda License Question
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:46:14 +0200
Date: 2006-06-20T10:46:14+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kkc87e.tbr.ln@hunter.axlog.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <h8zmg8q49t.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de>
M E Leypold a �crit :
>> The only authoritative source is AdaCore, so when in doubt, ask them.
>> Robert Dewar clearly said during FOSDEM that the headers, the COPYING
>> and the README files have no legal force whatsoever; users are always
>> required by law to ascertain the licensing terms with the licensor. The
>
> Which is obvious nonsense, since that would render all GPL licensing
> as practiced presently invalid. Also I'd like to ask "which law"? US
> law? International copyright law?
>
Hmmm, before making such a statement, you should know that Robert Dewar
*is* a lawyer, i.e. he is a registered expert to the court about matters
of software copyright.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-20 8:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-19 11:11 GtkAda License Question M E Leypold
2006-06-19 11:48 ` Ludovic Brenta
2006-06-19 20:28 ` M E Leypold
2006-06-20 5:11 ` Ludovic Brenta
2006-06-20 8:46 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen [this message]
2006-06-20 9:57 ` M E Leypold
2006-06-21 17:11 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-06-21 18:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-06-21 21:23 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-06-20 13:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-06-20 13:42 ` Frank J. Lhota
2006-06-20 15:03 ` M E Leypold
2006-06-20 15:25 ` M E Leypold
2006-06-20 6:12 ` Björn Persson
2006-06-20 7:51 ` gshapovalov
2006-06-20 7:48 ` gshapovalov
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