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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: Companies Only Offering Ada-95 Compilers
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:14:43 -0400
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Date: 2012-05-23T21:14:43-04:00
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Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> writes:

> Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>
>> I am assuming above that by "gcc Ada", you mean the FSF branch; I use the
>> FSF branch in order to avoid GPL issues and because when I need a RTOS, the
>> RTOS I use (RTEMS) also uses it.
>
> Yes, that's what I mean.
>
>> The GPL 2 to GPL 3 comment has caught my attention. Given that the FSF Ada
>> runtime libraries come with the GMGPL exception, what issues are raised
>> by the GPL 2 to GPL 3 conversion ? I am assuming I have missed something,
>> but I don't know what.
>
> It could be FUD but I have read FSF is eventually planning to do away with
> the LGPL for libraries and has started moving to GPL3 for everything. 

Actually, "GPL3 + library exceptions".

The point is that GPL 3 provides a mechanism to specify exceptions, so
the intent of LGPL (which is similar to the intent of GMGPL) can be
achieved by GPL 3 plus an appropriate exception.

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-- Stephe