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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-20 22:24:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community References: <5ee5b646.0204201657.3f26f187@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.105.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1019366615 ST000 67.115.105.248 (Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:23:35 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:23:35 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[O[SX[DGJVOBFD[LZKJOPHAWB\^PBQLGPQRJWQHBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:23:35 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22850 Date: 2002-04-21T05:23:35+00:00 List-Id: > > > The GPL is merely a software license that gives users > > > of your software more rights ... > > Different, not More. A set of rights is not > > one-dimensional with an obvious ordering. > > I disagree in this case, my specific comparison was with > the Microsoft license, Well why didn't you say so. > and it is clear that the GPL and GMGPL as used The GMGPL is quite different from the GPL. The GPL significantly restricts what I can do with GPLed software, in a way that other licenses commonly don't. It's misleading nonsense to say flatly "McDonald's is less restrictive than Hamburger Hamlet because it lets me order an Egg McMuffin".