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Subject: GMGPL for Ada('s generics) but not for C++('s templates)
From: "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net>
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Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51479
Date: 2018-04-13T14:40:38-07:00
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Please pardon me if this has been discussed ad infinitum before.  (I would =
appreciate reading those prior discussions if anyone can find them easier t=
han my fruitless searches on this specific narrow topic.)  But one aspect o=
f the GMGPL being peculiar to Ada has always mystified me.

If FSF Ada in the GCC needs GMGPL due to Ada's generics, then why doesn't F=
SF C++ in the GCC need a GMGPL for C++'s templates?  It would seem what is =
sauce for cooking the goose would be the same sauce for cooking the gander.

(By =E2=80=9Cneeds=E2=80=9D here, I am of course referring to the licensing=
 needs of a nonGPLed app that merely happens to be written in Ada or in C++=
 and compiled by a compiler in the GCC.  Of course, GPLed apps would have n=
o such =E2=80=9Cneed=E2=80=9D, other than perhaps for the app to choose GPL=
v2 instead of the GCC's GPLv3.)