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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.70.34.136 with SMTP id z8mr35823772pdi.7.1415790312165; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:05:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.41.147 with SMTP id z19mr721616qgz.1.1415790311814; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:05:11 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!hl2no416235igb.0!news-out.google.com!u1ni9qah.0!nntp.google.com!u7no1050086qaz.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:05:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1415776387.7960.41.camel@obry.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=73.46.72.234; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 73.46.72.234 References: <87fvdr2vdv.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <54609F34.4080201@spam.spam> <35f01472-3510-4f67-8765-006fa8591c35@googlegroups.com> <9tc8w.73007$ZT5.37595@fx07.iad> <22a3816a-4e89-48f0-a126-dce581781beb@googlegroups.com> <084b1934-9641-425e-85ec-293e0334413e@googlegroups.com> <86bf69c8-eb08-4696-b6c9-3784f5c42213@googlegroups.com> <1415776387.7960.41.camel@obry.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4b21e212-7744-433a-a939-a82ef63ce8cc@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:05:11 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23156 Date: 2014-11-12T03:05:11-08:00 List-Id: > Well another point of view is that it encourage Open Source softwares. Not true and the reason the FSF compilers do not encumber their executables like AdaCore's GPL version. Even they, who are the father of Free software advocates, know that the GPL in this context is a poison to advocating the use of the GPL itself. David Botton