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,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-27 08:44:24 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!jussieu.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "David Botton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:42:43 -0400 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 988386260 1230 137.194.161.2 (27 Apr 2001 15:44:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:44:20 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-pair-Authenticated: 63.161.15.130 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.3 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6979 Date: 2001-04-27T11:42:43-04:00 It would be sad to see ACT start to use a CYGNUS model of business. I hope for the sake of Ada a decision will be made to keep the model as is and release products like this in a way that I believe helps promote Ada, under the GNAT Modified GPL. Perhaps once Ada has replaced C++ as the language of choice by most we can look to furthering the FSF's agenda instead of our own, that of Ada. Just as an example, I would love to make use of the XML/Ada as part of my Ada projects, but would almost never do so if it was under the GPL or LGPL since it would encumber my packages that are always released under GMGPL (tools are of course under the regular GPL). Please reconsider and _ANY ONE ELSE_ who is looking to release Ada packages please don't step in to this trend. If you need more explanation as to why a regular GPL or LGPL will create problems for users of your packages not themselves releasing code under GPL/LGPL, please e-mail me. David Botton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmanuel Briot" > This is not the plan currently. > We will release soon some GNAT-Modified GPLed versions of the library to > our customers that want support for XML/Ada and want to use it in their > proprietary application. > However, we will probably leave the public versions under the GPL. This means > that people can easily use this library for student projects, and for testing > the technology. > > Note: All these decisions are not fully discussed yet, we are still > examining them at Ada Core Technologies. > I also don't speak for the marketing team :-) > > Emmanuel