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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d72dc559169a2d4d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: fyi: getopt package in Ada. Date: 1999/03/02 Message-ID: <7bhkrc$gkl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 450480944 References: <7be4kn$6rc@drn.newsguy.com> <7beicd$pop$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7bepgc$mls@drn.newsguy.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x7.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Mar 02 21:23:01 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- -- covered by the GNU Public License. -- -- -- -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own