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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.203.200 with SMTP id f48mr6626333yho.14.1414764337133; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:05:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.92.140 with SMTP id b12mr17658qge.14.1414764337113; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:05:37 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!i13no276276qae.0!news-out.google.com!u5ni19qab.1!nntp.google.com!i13no276275qae.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:05:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=108.44.225.195; posting-account=vk6_JwoAAABkMyHO1YfdP69Hm3CpbdGR NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.44.225.195 References: <1f85f005-a42f-4620-ac09-8b5dd1a37b1b@googlegroups.com> <8738a5z3ql.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <642ecf1a-b697-4805-9c8d-e6290583e8a6@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: GNAT-FSF for Windows? From: Jeremiah Injection-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:05:37 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 2333 X-Received-Body-CRC: 705189528 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22951 Date: 2014-10-31T07:05:36-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, October 31, 2014 9:32:51 AM UTC-4, Simon Wright wrote: > > On a side note (But related in that it is part of the choice to use > > FSF vs other options), is the copyright/license statement required in > > all files generated for FSF licensed source/binaries or is it just an > > option? > > I don't know what "all files generated for" means. Did you mean "from"? > in which case the answer has to be "no". > > But re: "required in all files", "How to use GNU licenses for your own > software"[1] is relevant: > > "Whichever license you plan to use, the process involves adding two > elements to each source file of your program: a copyright notice > (such as "Copyright 1999 Terry Jones"), and a statement of copying > permission, saying that the program is distributed under the terms of > the GNU General Public License (or the Lesser GPL)." > > [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html I did mean "for" not "from" though "from" is also an item of interest. Thank you for this posting. It answered my question.