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,c9bf6617358567a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-11 11:49:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Commercial license? Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:49:14 -0800 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1047412177 61944 137.194.161.2 (11 Mar 2003 19:49:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:49:37 +0000 (UTC) To: "'comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway'" Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <012701c2e7e2$982c7230$b101a8c0@sy.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 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:35225 Date: 2003-03-11T11:49:14-08:00 Although this is, in principle, true, it is much easier with present Ada compilers, such as GNAT, to supply the source. Some of us had to suffer = with attaching binary libraries with the old Alsys Ada compiler.=20 Since I am proposing a license, which would compete with the GNU = licenses, I want to maintain what I believe to be the best part of the GNU approach, = the availability of the sources.=20 Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: David C. Hoos [mailto:david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:26 AM To: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway Subject: Re: Commercial license? ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Preben Randhol" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:44 AM Subject: Re: Commercial license? > Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > Robert C. Leif wrote: > >: Obviously > >: if you are supplying a library, it must be in source. > >=20 > > How is that? Am I missing something? >=20 > If you look at the GNAT compiler it needs the source code for Ada > libraries. I'm not sure, but perhaps this is what he was referring to? > Not true. The facts are that if you provide a library, the only source you need to supply is that for the specifications -- not the bodies, in order for the library to be used. Thus, it is possible to keep the implementation proprietary. =20 > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gnat_ug_unx/Creating-an-Ada-Library.html >=20 > --=20 > () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human = rights. > +||-. > .+--+' > '+||- = http://www.amnesty.org/ > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada >=20