From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.)
Date: 2000/05/05
Date: 2000-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8euil2$q9o$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pur1ti2x.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org
In article <87pur1ti2x.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>,
Florian Weimer <fw-usenet@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > We definitely cannot make any guarantee if you have a source
> > and a binary of GNAT that they match in the above sense.
Indeed
> > we have OFTEN seen people distributing GNAT in a manner that
is
> > inconsistent with the GPL, in that they do not bother about
> > their obligation to either distribute the source, or tell
people
> > where to get it.
>
> In the past, you had to be inconsistent with the GPL if you
wanted
> to redistribute the Windows version of GNAT in the form
provided by
> Ada Core Technologies because you couldn't provide the sources
of the
> installation program. ;)
>
> (Don't know if this has changed recently.)
The installation program is a separate program from any of the
programs it installs. There is no incosistency here. You
definitely can build GNAT from sources and install it without
using install shield.
The GPL applies on a program by program basis, there is no
problem in distributing a package some of whose programs are
proprietary and some of whose programs are GPL'ed.
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-13 0:00 Lockheed Martin Chooses Green Hills Ada for Joint Strike Fighter Ken Garlington
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-14 0:00 ` David Gillon
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Steve Arnold
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Paul Makepeace
2000-04-24 0:00 ` Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.) Wes Groleau
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-26 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-04-29 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Ada test example - Linux Software Installer Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.) Ken Garlington
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Lockheed Martin Chooses Green Hills Ada for Joint Strike Fighter Marin D. Condic
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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