From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ec90d7920bdc8e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news.germany.com!feeder2.news.saunalahti.fi!feeder1.news.saunalahti.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Dirk Heinrichs Subject: Re: Ada and licensing Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1190014387.975202.55530@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> <1190028836.075969.233300@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Message-ID: <1190095609.608297@xnews001> Cache-Post-Path: xnews001!unknown@duprn002-10271.europe.nokia.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.2 (see http://www.nntpcache.com/) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:06:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.243.46.180 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1190095609 147.243.46.180 (Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:06:49 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:06:49 EEST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:2008 Date: 2007-09-18T06:06:49+00:00 List-Id: anon wrote: > Problem is that there are a few, close source Linux's device drivers that > people can download and use for their cameras/video device drivers that > are written in Ada. So unless that code become GPL and open source the > decive will not work as of Jan 2008. They could have been written in perl. The language used is completely irrelevant for this thread. If they are not GPL, they will not work anymore, no matter what language was used. > Also, some applications do require special modules or direcet links into > a module. And that the problem. ... of poor design. > Plus at the movement in GNAT Ada83..2005 the "pragma License" is > non-functional other than the GNAT compiler warning. The compiler does > not insert the correct information that the GNU/GCC will require for > that feature in Jan, 2008. So, if your using GNAT or any other Ada that > does not support the GPL license requirement by Jan, 2008, Linux > might not load module. That's indeed a problem that should be fixed asap. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@capgemini.com Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net