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,c32fe290813aec20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!panix!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: (slightly OT) Open Source licences? Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:58:46 -0500 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <6d63c543-0a35-4c39-a330-98c63a24f64d@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls6.std.com 1200175126 25040 192.74.137.71 (12 Jan 2008 21:58:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:46 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (irix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/gWCEefpiore6isIRazVidjBTf4= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19365 Date: 2008-01-12T16:58:46-05:00 List-Id: "framefritti@gmail.com" writes: > After such a long introduction my question finally arrives: can you > suggest any open-source licence which could be used in this case ? > (and maybe in other Ada libraries to be developed) I think it's a good idea to use some widely-used license rather than making up your own. People are scared of strange licenses that they don't already understand. I suggest you take a look at the GMGPL. It's similar to LGPL, but more appropriate for Ada (C doesn't have generics!). - Bob