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Re: Ada policy
* Robert Dewar:
> Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Fine, sounds reasonable, but for me this is far short of the criterion
> of "coming with proper licensing conditions", which for me requires
> a formal license statement.
I see. I'm affected by the way Debian typically deals with licenses:
Everything is examined but the actual source code, its history and its
ownership. 8-)