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: 2001-04-30 01:09:07 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!proxad.net!feeder2-1.proxad.net!nnrp5.proxad.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: briot@berlin.int.act-europe.fr Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT license rational (was [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released) References: <5viG6.1064$SZ5.86996@www.newsranger.com> <9ccf6b$aai1@news.cis.okstate.edu> From: Emmanuel Briot Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:09:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.228.58.169 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net X-Trace: nnrp5.proxad.net 988618146 213.228.58.169 (Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:09:06 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:09:06 CEST Organization: Guest of ProXad - France Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7039 Date: 2001-04-30T08:09:06+00:00 List-Id: Here is a reply from Robert Dewar to your message: David Starner said <> I suggest that you do not presume to speak for the FSF. In fact Richard Stallman has no objections to the Cygnus model. It does not affect people writing free software, and that is his primary concern and always has been. Actually I expected Richard to react negatively when I first heard of the Cygnus cheme, but he didn't, and when he explained his rationale that made perfect sense. Emmanuel Briot Ada Core Technologies