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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-17 12:05:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:04:49 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1061147119 37582 137.194.161.2 (17 Aug 2003 19:05:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 19:05:19 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Hyman Rosen'" , Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 Thread-Index: AcNk0LzM+UL2G9GdRR2fk31IVGRYwQAHoS7Q In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41647 Date: 2003-08-17T12:04:49-07:00 ASIS can count both the lines of code and what software constructs were used. You should visit my website www.newportinstruments.com and read that I have discussed both function points and feature points. However, any reasonable Ada specific heuristic would be better than a separate negotiation for each library. In fact from my experience as an inventor, one often does not have a clear idea of what will be the ultimate uses of one's creations. A system that permits one to publish the Ada sources on a web site and permit downloads after the user has identified themselves and electronically signed a copyright agreement would be sufficient. I suspect that most of the agreements would permit no charge individual and educational use. However, if the component were used in the equivalent of Microsoft(R) Office(R), the author would receive royalties based on the code that was actually used. Bob Leif Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Email rleif@rleif.com -----Original Message----- From: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:26 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Robert C. Leif wrote: > Fortunately, ASIS can be employed to solve the problem of determining the > distribution of royalties. Perhaps, only perhaps, ASIS can count the lines of code in some package and in an entire program and report on this. If you think that determining distribution of royalties has anything but the most tenuous relationship to this count, then you are foolish indeed.