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-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> From: M E Leypold Date: 28 Jun 2006 02:58:19 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.243.222 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1151455925 88.72.243.222 (28 Jun 2006 02:52:05 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5166 Date: 2006-06-28T02:58:19+02:00 List-Id: Ed Falis writes: > M E Leypold wrote: > > >> AUnit was written by Ed Falis, an AdaCore employee. Only source is > >> AdaCore, so switch to pure GPL. > > > > Also a tool, wouldn't get linked into an executable for the customer: > > In my eyes GPL is OK here. > > Note that AUnit has been GPL from its first release in 2000. Since its > intent is user "in-house" testing rather than any kind of > re-distribution of test cases, I considered it the appropriate license. Ed, I agree. Tools for inhouse use are appropriately GPL IMHO. We don't want anyone to run away with tools chain after all :-). The issues here -- where all that started -- are different (not with new licenses but with the possible retroactive change of old licenses, license changes on unchanged source, missing or misleading license notices and a general amnesia). I'm sure you'll see that after wading through all that fallout. Regards -- Markus