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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005: Too clever by half?
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:22:17 +0200
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Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:

>> If you are a One-Man-Show(*)
>> closed-source developer, go away, use ObjectAda or forget about Ada
>> altogether."
>
> Or use FSF's GNAT.

I've just browsed through
http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/. Is there a file
stating that libgnat is GMGPL or does one have to check every source
file if it is part of libgnat and has the exception to the GPL? Is
that what AdaCore means by:

  There are other places where you can obtain partial versions of
  GNAT, typically consisting of the compiler. For instance the GNAT
  compiler can be obtained in source form from the Free Software
  Foundation (FSF). Other versions of the GNAT compiler exist (e.g. in
  GNU Linux distributions). AdaCore has no control over these and
  cannot guarantee their quality or suitability for a particular
  purpose. Most important you should ascertain the license and IPR
  (Intellectual Property Rights) guarantees from its provider.

I mean, I want to develop applications, not analyse compilers.

-- 
Michael Bode