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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1151422118.772405.307200@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <87ac7ypaaa.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> From: M E Leypold Date: 28 Jun 2006 02:45:05 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.243.222 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1151455131 88.72.243.222 (28 Jun 2006 02:38:51 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5161 Date: 2006-06-28T02:45:05+02:00 List-Id: Ludovic Brenta writes: > Dr. Adrian Wrigley writes: > > I'm sorry you have been put in this position - relaying and interpreting > > apparent changes in licensing conditions. The issues raised here > > are potentially of very wide interest to many millions of licencees > > and licensors under the GPL and other Free software licences. > > Yes :( But it also applies to non-free EULAs, or any kind of license > A license is not the same as a contract. A contract has to have Before we talk so all inclusive on contract an licnesing laws, I'd remind evryone that GtkAda has not been distributed in the US only. European contract law, German contract law and the basic concepts behind it are very different. I do not say, that we shouldn't discuss our respective rights. But even if the conclusion might hold in another jurisdiction, the reasoning might be unparsable. Regards -- Markus