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: 103376,2d9aad84ea395c96 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-14 10:34:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: non military license for ada Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:34:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <6a90b886.0303140243.7908f923@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1047666897 5872 129.241.83.78 (14 Mar 2003 18:34:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:34:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35339 Date: 2003-03-14T18:34:57+00:00 List-Id: Tony Gair wrote: > Is anyone aware of any open source license which stipulates that the > software cannot be used directly or in a supporting role by the Attack > and thieve oil industry er..... sorry Defense industry. If it is open source then any Defense industry may use it. But I don't think this is something to worry about. > I write this in the ada language group as I see this as a particular > problem for Ada, and like to use it, but do not wish to help the > current monkeyman leaders of the tree world. I don't see why this is a particular problem for Ada. DoD and other nations use other languages as well as Ada. -- http://www.gulufuture.com/news/kate_adie030310.htm