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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1d8ab55e71d08f3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ronald Cole Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say? Date: 1997/07/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 260319835 Sender: ronald@devo.ridgenet.net References: <5ph4g5$sbs$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5pim4l$5m3$1@news.nyu.edu> <5ptv7r$4e2$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5pu5va$64o$1@news.nyu.edu> <5qdof6$iav$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5r3dfk$891@camel4.mindspring.com> Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (760) 371-3501 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes: > Please note, that despite the possible implication of the above statement, > it is absolutely the case that ACT never violates either the spirit or > the letter of the GPL. I can always count on you, Robert, to misstate my position... > As Ronald's posts have made clear, he thought the GPL made guarantees about > required distribution that simply (a) are not present, (b) are definitely > not intended to be present and (c) which would be undesirable if they > were present, since, as Isaac notes, they would discourage distribution > of free software. Close, but no cigar. I thought the Manifesto said that there would be a license that embodied it's spirit. I further assumed that the GPL was that license. Upon reading the GPL and comparing it to the sentiments expressed in the Manifesto, I have been enlightened as to their incongruity (i.e., the GNU system is easily obtainable, but not because of anything contained in the GPL; rather, because Stallman chose to make it freely available). > Now Ronald has decided that he doesn't like the whole GPL approach. Fine, > he is free to (a) define some alternative approach and (b) distribute > his software using that approach. I like the license approach as stated in the Manifesto. I would like to see the GPL's corrected to remove the incongruity with the Manifesto. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: E9 A8 E3 68 61 88 EF 43 56 2B CE 3E E9 8F 3F 2B