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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c887193050c097ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-07 06:58:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:58:12 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3C625604.1C948A06@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1013093892 592 129.241.83.82 (7 Feb 2002 14:58:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:58:12 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19705 Date: 2002-02-07T14:58:12+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 11:25:08 +0100, Steffen Huber wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to get one of my Ada projects into SourceForge. I told them that the > licence used is the GMGPL, and they refused to host the project because this > licence is not an official OSI licence. Odd as vim is at sourceforge (vim.sf.net) and it doesn't appear on the OSI list it says Other/Propetarian (it is not Propetarian though) Anyway point them here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses The license of the run-time units of the GNU Ada compiler. This is much like that of Guile. > So now I am faced with a few alternatives: > 1.) Find another host for the project - any ideas? The FSF foundation have made their own after sourceforge made their code propetarian (ironic). I think perhaps SF only wants projects that are free and for propetarian http://savannah.gnu.org/ I don't know it this only works for GNU projects though, you must check that. > 2.) Convince SourceForge that the GMGPL is actually fine as an open licence - > has anyone already tried that, I can't believe that I am the first > one to try? http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses > 3.) Convince OSI to add the GMGPL as an approved licence - anyone tried > that? We should do that. I cannot see why it shouldn't be accepted. And it would be nice to have it on the list. > 4.) Find another licence which is comparable to the GMGPL, but has another > name and is already OSI approved - any ideas? You can do like the GNADE project did: http://gnade.sourceforge.net/#download -- Preben Randhol �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�