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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.230.200 with SMTP id ta8mr40053112obc.11.1415820287487; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:24:47 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.19.193 with SMTP id 59mr37010qgh.19.1415820287460; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:24:47 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!hl2no677925igb.0!news-out.google.com!u1ni10qah.0!nntp.google.com!i13no1153319qae.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:24:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <21022da5-3a68-4ed4-aea9-46ec30cc7602@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.138.108.48; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.138.108.48 References: <87fvdr2vdv.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <54609F34.4080201@spam.spam> <35f01472-3510-4f67-8765-006fa8591c35@googlegroups.com> <9tc8w.73007$ZT5.37595@fx07.iad> <22a3816a-4e89-48f0-a126-dce581781beb@googlegroups.com> <084b1934-9641-425e-85ec-293e0334413e@googlegroups.com> <86bf69c8-eb08-4696-b6c9-3784f5c42213@googlegroups.com> <1415776387.7960.41.camel@obry.net> <4b21e212-7744-433a-a939-a82ef63ce8cc@googlegroups.com> <1415791954.7960.59.camel@obry.net> <2c66b776-777b-4530-a1a3-21337cefab85@googlegroups.com> <1ac854d1-36b7-4d06-b673-ad25cdb71736@googlegroups.com> <21022da5-3a68-4ed4-aea9-46ec30cc7602@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:24:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23186 Date: 2014-11-12T11:24:47-08:00 List-Id: > He wrote it on the FSF website and why he chose _not_ to GPL the runtimes= . This was quoted earlier I think: "However, the FSF decided long ago to allow developers to use GCC's librari= es to compile any program, regardless of its license. Developing nonfree so= ftware is not good for society, and we have no obligation to make it easier= . We decided to permit this because forbidding it seemed likely to backfire= , and because using small libraries to limit the use of GCC seemed like the= tail wagging the dog." So now for Ada this would not only be like the tail wagging the dog, but th= e toe jam wagging the dog..... David Botton