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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a2c7f6cbdb72aa16,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: tmoran@bix.com Subject: "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux Date: 2000/05/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 628067433 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 959462874 207.214.211.52 (Sat, 27 May 2000 14:27:54 PDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 14:27:54 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > > Well most often proprietary in software has been used to > > > describe software which is only released under restrictive > > > license terms. > > > Such as requiring that changed source be released with changed > > binaries ? > > No, such as not permitting redistribution at all, and not > providing the sources at all. "Anyone may use in any way" is not restrictive. "You must send money to ___ if you give out copies to third parties" and "You must send source code to ___ if you give out copies to third parties" are both restrictions.