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 02:48:52 +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 1151455358 88.72.243.222 (28 Jun 2006 02:42:38 +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:5162 Date: 2006-06-28T02:48:52+02:00 List-Id: Ludovic Brenta writes: > > Yes, but that applies to all licenses, even non-free licenses from > well-known vendors. The only thing that can provide assurances is a > contract. I disagree. I am not a lawyer, but a public declaration of intent to grant the public certain rights should actually suffice to constitute a right. That is the way "putting something into the public domain" works and even if the GPL is more complex I doubt that you have to have a contract to have something to stand on legally. But IANAL. Don't take that as legal advice. Regards -- Markus