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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Ada policy
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:01:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wtzgutg7.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4133AACF.1000506@gnat.com> (Robert Dewar's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:31:43 -0400")

* Robert Dewar:

>> By the way , are copyright assignments for test cases required?  Or
>> could we just copy testcases from everywhere, provided that they come
>> with proper licensing conditions and there's no apparent show-stopper?
>
> What do you mean by "come with proper licensing conditions"?

Something which isn't downright GPL-incompatible or even
unredistributable.

> Please remember that notices at the start of a file have no legal
> significance whatever.

I wouldn't say that.  They won't help you much when you want to
determine the ultimate state of the work with respect to copyright, of
course.  But as Joe Buck wrote in 2000, the main goal is to make
complaints very unlikely, and to me, this suggests are more optimistic
approach.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-30 22:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-30 21:41 Richard Kenner
2004-08-30 21:53 ` Joseph S. Myers
2004-08-30 22:28   ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-30 22:30     ` Joseph S. Myers
2004-08-30 23:01       ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-31 18:45         ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-30 22:43     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 23:01       ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2004-08-31  0:11         ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  0:14           ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-30 22:34   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:31 ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:48   ` Joseph S. Myers
2004-08-30 22:52     ` Mike Stump
2004-08-30 23:00       ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:55     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:52 ` Mike Stump
2004-08-30 22:56   ` Robert Dewar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-09-11 14:29 Ada Policy Richard Kenner
2004-09-11 10:43 Nathanael Nerode
2004-09-01 20:48 Ada policy Richard Kenner
2004-09-01 18:19 Robert Dewar
2004-09-01 18:51 ` Joe Buck
2004-09-01 20:21   ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-01 20:44     ` Joe Buck
2004-09-01 20:52       ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-01 20:53       ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 12:53 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  3:34 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  3:31 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  4:07 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31 22:06   ` Kai Henningsen
2004-08-31 22:19     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 23:15       ` Florian Weimer
2004-09-01  1:23         ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-01 12:36           ` Florian Weimer
2004-09-01 12:51             ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-02 13:42               ` Florian Weimer
2004-09-03  7:54                 ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-09 21:00                   ` Florian Weimer
2004-09-09 21:15                     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  3:22 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  3:29 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31  4:05   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  4:05     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  4:38       ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31  5:01   ` Matt Austern
2004-08-31 13:08     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  1:25 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  1:57 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-30 23:06 Richard Kenner
2004-08-31  2:59 ` Mike Stump
2004-08-31  3:10   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  8:16 ` Per Bothner
2004-08-31 13:22   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:18 Richard Kenner
2004-08-30 22:38 ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 22:01 Richard Kenner
2004-08-30 22:02 ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-30 10:44 GCC 3.5 Status (2004-08-29) Richard Kenner
2004-08-30 11:27 ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-30 13:05   ` Jakub Jelinek
2004-08-30 18:28     ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-30 20:14       ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-30 20:34         ` Ada policy (was: GCC 3.5 Status (2004-08-29)) Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-30 20:53           ` Ada policy Zack Weinberg
2004-08-30 20:55             ` Richard Guenther
2004-08-30 21:04             ` Richard Henderson
2004-08-30 21:24               ` Diego Novillo
2004-08-30 22:25               ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  1:13                 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31  2:37                   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  2:54                     ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31  3:00                       ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  3:28                         ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31  3:41                           ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  4:22                             ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31 12:55                               ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 15:02                                 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2004-08-31 15:36                                   ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 13:06                               ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 15:10                                 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2004-08-31 18:10                                   ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-31 18:30                                     ` Zack Weinberg
2004-08-31 18:55                                       ` Robert Dewar
2004-09-01 17:12                                         ` Kai Henningsen
2004-09-01 17:32                                           ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 18:59                                       ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 20:05                                         ` Scott Robert Ladd
2004-08-31 20:26                                           ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 20:53                                             ` Scott Robert Ladd
2004-08-31 20:56                                               ` Joseph S. Myers
2004-08-31 21:11                                             ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-31 21:50                                               ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 19:02                                       ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 19:28                                       ` Laurent GUERBY
2004-08-31 19:36                                         ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 18:42                                     ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31 13:10                               ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-31 13:47                                 ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-30 21:05             ` Joseph S. Myers
2004-08-31 22:02             ` Geoffrey Keating
2004-08-31 22:11               ` Florian Weimer
2004-08-31 22:14               ` Robert Dewar
2004-08-31  0:13           ` Florian Weimer

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