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: 103376,351835e570c46e8b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-22 14:50:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Conflicting statements about GPS? Date: 22 Oct 2002 17:46:40 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3DB43B1E.1C6D99CF@raytheon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1035323863 25991 128.183.235.92 (22 Oct 2002 21:57:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Oct 2002 21:57:43 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30052 Date: 2002-10-22T21:57:43+00:00 List-Id: Mark Johnson writes: > Well, as a beta tester of GPS, there is nothing I have received from ACT > to indicate that GPS would not be made freely available. We have a copy > under our support contract and the beta agreement. We have not yet asked > for source code - we are quite willing to wait until it is released - > thank you. I'm also a beta user of GPS. The fact that ACT distributes binaries, but not source, is I think a violation of the GPL. I suspect I could force them to give me source if I really wanted to. However, I'm not going to complain, because GPS is _not_ ready to be released; it has bugs, it is missing important features. Releasing it now would do more harm than good. I'd far rather ACT take time to get it right, than release it prematurely to the unsuspecting public. I also want them to reserve resources for fixing bugs in the compiler, which is what I really care about! -- -- Stephe