From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Cc: open@softdevelcoop.org
Subject: Re: Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:49:02 +0000
Date: 2005-01-14T11:49:02+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.50.1105703340.527.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cs74f7$an5$1@titan.btinternet.com>
> Is the problem then that the ".exe" installation (which is what everyone
> _really_ wants) is not GPL but only the _source_code_ of the thing being
> installed that must be made available (via the GPL)?
This is only one of the many problems with no clear (legal) solution of
software licensing with open source licenses. The one thing more complex
than software is software licensing. Basically open source is in chaos.
Sane solutions are being discussed at http://softdevelcoop.org
In the particular case above the GPL explicitly states that it does not
regulate *execution* of the program, which I think is what in the spirit
of the licensor of the academic package validates their request that it
be *used* solely for academic purposes. However the open source
definition strictly forbids restrictions on use. A legal conundrum. As I
said, one of the many. Another is that the GPL does not regulate source
and object code separately. It regulates the transmission of the
"Program", and *obliges* a transmission of the object code to be
accompanied by the corresponding source code.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-14 11:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-12 2:24 Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever see somethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?) Anh Vo
2005-01-12 3:58 ` dubya
2005-01-12 5:04 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2005-01-12 11:08 ` Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond " Martin Dowie
2005-01-12 12:12 ` Jeff C
2005-01-12 13:19 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-12 13:26 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-13 4:28 ` Christopher Douty
2005-01-13 9:56 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-13 10:07 ` Jerome Hugues
2005-01-13 17:08 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-13 17:22 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 18:04 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-15 11:56 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-15 12:35 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 2:37 ` f
2005-01-16 3:08 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-13 21:49 ` Simon Wright
2005-01-13 22:03 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-14 0:16 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-01-14 0:41 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-14 9:46 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-14 11:49 ` Marius Amado Alves [this message]
2005-01-14 17:59 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-01-14 19:24 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-14 22:43 ` Simon Wright
2005-01-15 12:24 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-14 22:44 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-01-14 23:06 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 0:22 ` wt
2005-01-15 10:31 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 11:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-15 12:11 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 12:37 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-15 13:22 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-16 8:29 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 19:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-17 8:00 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 2:33 ` wt
2005-01-16 2:53 ` f
2005-01-16 3:11 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 14:08 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-01-13 17:00 ` Martin Krischik
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