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: 2003-03-15 01:52:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: non military license for ada Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <6a90b886.0303140243.7908f923@posting.google.com> <1047676770.614608@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <42tca.385$ug.208@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1047721967 29507 129.241.83.78 (15 Mar 2003 09:52:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:52:47 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35363 Date: 2003-03-15T09:52:47+00:00 List-Id: chris.danx wrote: > > Yup, that's what I do when I see licenses like that - I've seen quite a > few - and I've never seen one that discluded me from using it. My > suggestion would be to GPL it and that way any proprietry software > developed by the people Tony mentioned is unlikely to use it. > No it doesn't. Just look at the statments from DoD about their new Combat System they are making (or having made). From what I read this system will use open source / GPL software and this was not a problem according to DoD. Even Microsoft uses GPL software. -- With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. [RFC 1925]