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Sender: "Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:07:29 -0800
Reply-To: Tom Moran <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Sucky software; GPL; QDI
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From: Tom Moran <[log in to unmask]>
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> Concerning the GPL, I think that there is a very simple
> compromise that
> would keep us entrepreneurs content. Offer the option of a
> reasonable
> royalty paying license as an addition.
  Absolutely.  I certainly have no problem with anything, tax funded or
not, being released under the GPL.  My only problem is restrictions that
unreasonably limit use.  Making a reasonable, non-exclusive, license
available without the GPL restrictions would remove such an objection.

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