From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Toolchain of choice
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:05:06 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2010-11-19T08:05:06-08:00 [thread overview]
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Marcelo Coraça de Freitas wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>> Now, there would be no trouble using GNAT GPL 2010.
>
> Awesome, but wouldn't the license when compiling with GNAT GPL infect
> GNAT GCC?
>
> I mean, gnat gcc is MGPL while gnat gpl is pure GPL.
No, because the compiler (GNAT GCC) does not include any binary code
from the bootstrap compiler (GNAT GPL). More generally, the "viral
clause" of the GPL only affects programs linked against libgnat; GCC
itself is not linked against libgnat, neither its own version or the
one of GNAT GPL.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-19 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-17 12:17 Toolchain of choice Marcelo Coraça de Freitas
2010-11-17 12:30 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-11-17 12:51 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-11-17 13:50 ` xavier grave
2010-11-17 19:45 ` Simon Wright
2010-11-18 17:33 ` Marcelo Coraça de Freitas
2010-11-18 22:04 ` Simon Wright
2010-11-19 13:40 ` Marcelo Coraça de Freitas
2010-11-19 16:05 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2010-11-19 23:43 ` Shark8
2010-11-20 15:31 ` Marcelo Coraça de Freitas
2010-11-25 20:40 ` Warren
2010-11-20 18:09 ` Simon Wright
2010-11-23 20:58 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-11-25 20:42 ` Warren
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