From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: fyi: getopt package in Ada.
Date: 1999/03/02
Date: 1999-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7bhkrc$gkl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7bepgc$mls@drn.newsguy.com
In article <7bepgc$mls@drn.newsguy.com>,
nabbasi@pacbell.net wrote:
> Thanks for pointing this, but I did NOT know this.
> Actually I wanted to
> use same thing as GNAT, that is why I cut/past the >
> generic header from
> one of GNAT source files, and simply used GETOPT where it
> said GNAT !
> (see below). So I am now confused.
You copied one of the compiler files that is indeed quite
deliberately distributed under the GPL, and CANNOT be
incorporated into proprietary software. GNAT and its tools
are generally licensed in this way.
You want to copy the header from the runtime files, which
is the GNAT modified GPL (how about calling it GGPL):
-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under --
-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Soft- --
-- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
option) any later ver- --
-- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITH- --
-- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY --
-- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License --
-- for more details. You should have received a copy of
the GNU General --
-- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file
COPYING. If not, write --
-- to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place -
Suite 330, Boston, --
-- MA 02111-1307, USA.
--
--
--
-- As a special exception, if other files instantiate
generics from this --
-- unit, or you link this unit with other files to
produce an executable, --
-- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting
executable to be --
-- covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not --
-- however invalidate any other reasons why the
executable file might be --
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-01 0:00 fyi: getopt package in Ada nabbasi
1999-03-01 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` nabbasi
1999-03-02 0:00 ` robert_dewar [this message]
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-03-02 0:00 ` still Looking for GNAT modified GPL header nabbasi
1999-03-02 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-03-02 0:00 ` nabbasi
1999-03-02 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-03-02 0:00 ` fyi: getopt package in Ada nabbasi
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