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: 103376,6511c3dc6e1155c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!news.hacking.dk!pnx.dk!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: GWindows license (Was: GWindows and David Botton) Date: 27 Sep 2004 09:30:53 +0200 Organization: hacking.dk - Doing fun stuff with open source Sender: sparre@sparre.crs4.it Message-ID: References: <9g87l018jg6p8q7vi6ttbdvrelt3ohrpfo@4ax.com> <116a1020.0409261357.b937127@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparre.crs4.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: xyzzy.adsl.dk 1096270308 1046 156.148.70.170 (27 Sep 2004 07:31:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hacking.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:31:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4241 Date: 2004-09-27T09:30:53+02:00 List-Id: Fionn mac Cuimhaill wrote: > The very first step should be to establish a new home for > GWindows. I looked at Sourceforge, and one of the things that it > wants done in setting up a new project there is to establish that > the software license really is an open-source license. > > The GWindows license is the GNU GPL with this tweak: > > "As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from > this unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an > executable, this unit does not by itself cause the resulting > executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This > exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the > executable file might be covered by the GNU Public License." This is known as the GMGPL or the GNAT-Modified General Public License. I think you can be sure it fits the Open Source Definition. FSF do at least seem to be happy enough with it. Jacob -- �I'm perfectly happy with my current delusional system.� -- Mirabel Tanner