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: 103376,192848b8414d3e52 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-15 06:06:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.online.be!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GMGPL, where can I get it? Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <20030615131802.34a4e761.david@realityrift.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1055682375 23145 129.241.83.78 (15 Jun 2003 13:06:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:06:15 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39197 Date: 2003-06-15T13:06:15+00:00 List-Id: David Holm wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for a GMGPL license file, do you know if any exist? > All projects that use GMGPL seems to come with an unmodified version of GPL v2 =(. > If there is no license file, do you know where I can find the exact definition of the GMGPL? The point is that you just modify the GPL as such: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- -- Copyright (C) -- -- -- -- License: Gnat Modified GNU Public License -- -- -- -- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or -- -- modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as -- -- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the -- -- License, or (at your option) any later version. -- -- -- -- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -- -- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -- -- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -- -- General Public License for more details. -- -- -- -- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -- -- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -- -- Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA -- -- 02111-1307, USA. -- -- -- -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from -- -- this unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an -- -- executable, this unit does not by itself cause the resulting -- -- executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This -- -- exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the -- -- executable file might be covered by the GNU Public License. -- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The last paragraph is the one that seperates GMGPL from GPL. But you might also want to look at: ... either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. You can remove the ", or (at your option) any later version." if you don't feel comfortable with it. Linux has a similar license: NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. Linus Torvalds Preben -- This is Ada95 land. On quiet nights you can hear C programmers debug.