Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions...

[gshapovalov@gmail.com]

I am sorry for the repetition, but I feel I have to make it clear
again..

Michael Bode wrote:
> ...in an related thread there is a discussion of the license for
> GtkAda. I just looked at some source files of the CVS Version
> (https://libre2.adacore.com/cvsweb/GtkAda/) and they still read:
>
> ...
> -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from  --
> ...

Exactly because of this clause still in the specs and no COPYING
provided and somewhere in some file (not normally expected place) there
was a statement that is is *GPL* I contacted GtkAda developers to
clarify this (when I was repackaging GtkAda for Gentoo). This is the
responce I got:

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From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet@adacore.com>
To: George Shapovalov <george@gentoo.org>
Date: 19.5.06 10.20

George,

All the packages available in libre.adacore.com are available under
the pure GPL license, this includes among others GtkAda and XML/Ada.

Regards,

Arno
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I don't think he could have been any more explicit in his responce. So,
it seems GtkAga and everything coming from AdaCore is pure GPL or
commercial nowadays..
(closely matching the Trolltech situation at the moment AFAICS).

If anybody has any further questions I strongly suggest contacting
AdaCore directly and making another case to clean-up their sources..

George