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-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!feeder.news-service.com!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!proxad.net!cleanfeed2-b.proxad.net!nnrp4-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:55:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch Thread-Index: AcaaLdpjr+sdV0KNQuW6I+SghgjngQAivs4w From: "Carroll, Andrew" To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.17.134 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jun 2006 15:54:02 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.14.223 X-Trace: 1151502842 nnrp4-2.free.fr 9933 88.191.14.223:50023 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5215 Date: 2006-06-28T15:54:02+02:00 >> Georg quoted >> - All software downloaded from AdaCore is pure GPL, no matter what the >> headers say. If this were true then why can't "a person" just change the headers to say whatever they want the headers to say? Also, if this the common understanding then why is this understanding not written in the "free software" licensing headers (for any level of "General Purpose")? Sounds to me like the issue isn't what the headers say/contain or complying with the headers. The problem is in the fact that there's really no regulation of what the headers say or who complies or doesn't. Compare this issue with say the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. If my right to free speech was just a superficial header (had no regulation) then the right to free speech I claim could be contended either way with no one having a basis for their argument other than a superficial header that was never enforced or regulated. Just my two cents worth. Andrew =20