Re: Runtime versions (GPL vs Modified GPL)

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

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The only reason a person want to re-license an Ada source code is to 
create "Close Source". Adacore has limited that to GNAT PRO version 
or you must use a non-GNAT (Adacore) Ada.  Which means the Ada 
spec is limited to "Ada 95" only at the movement.

And unless you have GNAT PRO if you sell or give any binary version it 
is under the GPL and you must give the source code.  And the GMGPL 
is only given from Adacore not any other party for GNAT PRO.

The following parts from libre.adacore.com FAQ proves my point! And 
the current GPL version is 3 but you might find or have a older package 
that license under GPL version 2. 

Licensing:

What is the license of GNAT Pro?
    The GNAT Pro tools are licensed under the GNU General Public License 
    (GPL), while the GNAT Pro runtime and libraries are licensed under the 
    GNAT Modified GPL (GMGPL). The GMGPL guarantees that *executables* 
    generated by GNAT Pro can be distributed under customer-specific terms 
    and conditions. Specifically, the GMGPL ensures that customers can 
    generate proprietary, classified, or otherwise restricted executables.

What is the license of the GNAT GPL Edition?
    Everything (tools, runtime, libraries) in the GNAT GPL Edition is 
    licensed under the General Public License (GPL). This ensures that 
    executables generated by the GNAT GPL Edition are Free Software 
    and that source code is made available with the executables, giving 
    the freedom to recipients to run, study, modify, adapt, and 
    redistribute sources and executables under the terms of the GPL.

I would like to release my software under the ABC license, which is 
incompatible with the GPL. What should I do?

    If the ABC license is a Free Software license according to the FSF, 
    then read the following Q&A. If the ABC license is not a Free 
    Software license then it is the intention of the GPL distribution of 
    GNAT to restrict your freedom. For distribution of proprietary 
    software, we suggest and recommend the use of GNAT Pro, which, 
    while still being Free Software, comes with more liberal licensing 
    permitting this kind of use.

I would like to release my software under the XYZ license, which is 
a Free Software license according to the FSF, but is incompatible 
with the GPL. What should I do?

    The GNAT GPL Edition doesn't limit in any way the license you use on 
    your sources. If you are distributing sources only, no issue with respect 
    to the license of GNAT GPL Edition arises. You or anyone who wants to 
    build a binary can do so freely from these sources, using either the 
    GNAT GPL compiler or any other suitable Ada compiler. If you want to 
    *distribute* a binary of your program compiled with the compiler in 
    the GNAT GPL Edition then *today* the binary must be licensed under 
    the GPL. Note that you can still license a copy of your sources under 
    the XYZ Free Software license of your choosing.




In <g0l4v2$7jc$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Ivan Levashew <octagram@bluebottle.com> writes:
>anon пишет:
>> Check with the true GNAT creator and maintainers. Adacore.com
>> Any GNAT version older than GNAT 3.15 such as GNAT 3.15p must 
>> be under GPL 2 or 3. And that means GNAT Ada 2005 is GPL 2 or 3.
>> If the Debain maintainer has change this or is allowing an illegal 
>> version to exist the Debain maintainers may be in some legal hot water.
>
>https://libre.adacore.com/dynamic/gnat_faq
>> The license of other versions of the GNAT compiler, i.e. versions 
>> that are derived from AdaCore sources but that are not obtained
>> directly from AdaCore, must be ascertained from the entity from which
>> the other version of the GNAT compiler was obtained
>
>Lest's ascertain a license in Gentoo, for instance
>http://www.gentoo-portage.com/dev-lang/gnat-gcc
>
>Any further doubts?
>
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