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: 103376,3e26dfa741e64e5f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available References: <432919be$0$10539$4d4eb98e@read.news.fr.uu.net> <1126773856.876636.265130@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <87slw6tube.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> Date: 15 Sep 2005 15:37:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87fys6tpt1.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Sep 2005 15:40:02 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1126791602 news1-e.free.fr 10397 81.56.47.149:57309 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.agarik.com!news.completel.fr!u-picardie.fr!feed.ac-versailles.fr!proxad.net!infeed-1.proxad.net!news1-e.free.fr!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4710 Date: 2005-09-15T15:40:02+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Sam" == Samuel Tardieu writes: >>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic Brenta writes: Ludovic> Please take into account that recent versions of ASIS and Ludovic> GLADE are only available under GPL, not GMGPL. Sam> The case of GLADE at least needs to be cleared. To the best of my Sam> knowledge, all of its Ada sources belong to the Free Software Sam> Foundation and none to AdaCore. It is not clear to me whether the Sam> FSF (the only entity allowed to do it) has really changed the Sam> licence or if it is simply a mistake from AdaCore at packaging Sam> time. I have checked with AdaCore, and it appears that they are entitled to do this redistribution with a licence change. When an exception is applied to the GPL, anyone can choose to redistribute a derivative (or verbatim) version either under the GPL+exception or under the GPL alone. This situation is described at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs: "Note that people who make modified versions of ABC are not obligated to grant this special exception for their modified versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU General Public License gives permission to release a modified version without this exception; this exception also makes it possible to release a modified version which carries forward this exception." So I stand corrected on this issue, AdaCore is allowed to do such a release even if they do not own the copyright on the source files. Anyone would be entitled to do the same thing. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam