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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6deb3e1ddefb099 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.223.40 with SMTP id qr8mr5270859pbc.0.1337822031497; Wed, 23 May 2012 18:13:51 -0700 (PDT) Path: pr3ni37811pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Companies Only Offering Ada-95 Compilers References: <26eba77d68c700b0513a1aaa8cb53fa8@dizum.com> <82zk90e86n.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:12:27 -0400 Message-ID: <827gw2xtz8.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+LNeyssibFNwtT3j7lF6hQoTeIo= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: a440b4fbd8aefe029e66121281 X-Received-Bytes: 1698 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 2012-05-23T21:12:27-04:00 List-Id: "Yannick DuchĂȘne (Hibou57)" writes: > Le Tue, 22 May 2012 14:01:20 +0200, Stephen Leake > a Ă©crit: >>> 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 ? >> >> None; he's spreading FUD. >> >>> I am assuming I have missed something, but I don't know what. >> >> The language has changed in detail, because GPL 3 provides a general >> mechanism for specifying things like GMGPL. But the meaning is the same; > > Do I understand correctly if I understand there will be no need for > the GMGPL specific text anymore, and now just simply the GPL v3 > exception will do the trick? Yes. -- -- Stephe