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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:19:40 +0100
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Brian May wrote:
> The FSF license the C runtime libraries using the LGPL. I think
> something similar has been done for the C++ runtime libraries too.
>
> I fail to see why the Ada runtime library needs to be different.
>
> So I don't think this is an issue, as the FSF has already found a
> solution... Otherwise we would be having the same debate about gcc and
> g++ on other forums.
>
> Maybe the LGPL is "non-preferred", however I think this is a special
> case situation that justifies it - not for the compiler, just the
> run-time library.

Indeed this is what GNU suggest in the COPYING.txt file that comes with
GNAT:

   "This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
into
   proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
   consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
the
   library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
   Public License instead of this License."