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 Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!infeed-1.proxad.net!news15-e.free.fr!not-for-mail 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> <1126774252.966025.283640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126774578.526509.159960@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <2202138.fOMkUmLaHt@linux1.krischik.com> <87zmqe855m.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> Date: 16 Sep 2005 01:13:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87r7bp9b7c.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=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Sep 2005 01:15:05 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1126826105 news15-e.free.fr 29441 81.56.47.149:60113 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4768 Date: 2005-09-16T01:15:05+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Bj�rn" == Bj�rn Persson writes: Bj�rn> You *can* take source code with a GPL-compatible license, such Bj�rn> as the X11 license, link it with a GPL library, such as those Bj�rn> of the GNAT GPL 2005 Edition, and distribute the resulting Bj�rn> binary, *but* the binary you distribute will be Bj�rn> GPL-licensed. This is because the X11 license is GPL-compatible Bj�rn> but the GPL isn't X11-compatible. You cannot say that licence A is compatible with licence B and licence B is not compatible with licence A :) GPL and X11 licence are compatible. One of them (the GPL) forces the combined work to be GPL, the other one (the X11 licence) doesn't care under what licence the combined work is being distributed. That's why they are compatible with each other. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam