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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Ada and licensing
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:04:26 -0700
Date: 2007-09-17T01:04:26-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1190016266.400573.111790@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1190014387.975202.55530@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>

On Sep 17, 9:33 am, Tomek Wa kuski <tomek.walku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not a language lawyer and I have heard many answers to my
> questions:
>
> 1. Can I use AdaCore's GNAT GPL compiler to produce propertiary
> software?

Yes, provided you do not distribute your software to anyone. This
means you can either write proprietary software for your own use only,
or provide software as a service (i.e. a web application).

> 2. If not, GCC version is provided with something like "GNAT modified
> provision". Huh? So maybe I can use this one!

Yes, that is correct.

> 3. GTK+ is licensed as LGPL, Ada bindings are licensed as GPL. So I
> can't use GtkAda in propertiary software?

Correct, see 1.

If you would like to write and distribute proprietary software using
GtkAda, you must purchase GNAT Pro.

--
Ludovic Brenta.




  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-17  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-17  7:33 Ada and licensing Tomek Wałkuski
2007-09-17  8:04 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2007-09-17  8:07   ` Tomek Wa kuski
2007-09-17 10:43     ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-09-17  9:27 ` Stephen Leake
2007-09-17  9:37   ` Tomek Wa kuski
2007-09-17 10:29     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-09-17 11:15     ` Martin Krischik
2007-09-17 11:33       ` Tomek Wa kuski
2007-09-17 13:10         ` anon
2007-09-17 16:47           ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-09-17 16:50             ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-09-17 17:26               ` Markus E L
     [not found]                 ` <1190095844.877071@xnews001>
2007-09-18  7:19                   ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-09-18 13:33                     ` Markus E L
2007-09-18  0:30             ` anon
2007-09-18  6:06               ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-09-18 13:32                 ` Markus E L
2007-09-17 10:09 ` anon
2007-09-17 11:12 ` Martin Krischik
2007-09-17 12:32 ` Maciej Sobczak
2007-09-17 12:42   ` Tomek Wa kuski
2007-09-17 20:20     ` Alex R. Mosteo
2007-09-17 20:34       ` Wiktor Moskwa
2007-09-17 21:01         ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-09-18  4:48           ` Wiktor Moskwa
2007-09-17 14:05   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-09-19  9:59   ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2007-09-19 19:50     ` Simon Wright
2007-09-19 20:05       ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2007-09-19 22:25         ` Simon Wright
2007-09-20  8:30           ` Markus E L
2007-09-21 20:12             ` Simon Wright
2007-09-21 21:46               ` Ada and licensing + how to keep the RTL license from propagating :-) Markus E L
2007-09-22 23:25                 ` Simon Wright
2007-09-23  8:54                   ` Markus E L
2007-09-23 11:48                   ` Simon Wright
2007-09-23 19:41                     ` Markus E L
2007-09-19 23:15         ` Ada and licensing Jeffrey Creem
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