Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition

[Jeff Creem <jcreem@yahoo.com>]

Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> David Trudgett wrote:
> 
>>     Does the libstdc++ exception permit dynamic linking?
>>
>>         Yes. The intent of the exception is to allow people to compile
>>         proprietary software using gcc.
>>
>> [...] that would be a matter of library licensing, and
>> not of GNAT's licence itself.
> 
> 
> Exactly. Until now, the license of Gnat's implementation of the standard 
> Ada library has had an exception just like libstdc++. Now this 
> announcement appears to say that the new edition will only be useful for 
> building GPL software, and that makes Jeffrey Carter and me wonder if 
> perhaps that exception has been removed.
> 

Obviously we will need to wait and see....But if I had to bet I would 
expect that this is just meant to be vague enough like some of the other 
ACT things that large companies (that should probably be buying support 
anyway) are freaked out enough to buy the supported version.


More likely though is that it will add to the GPL is a virus and push 
companies to Greenhills...