From: David Botton <david@botton.com>
Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:24:50 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2014-11-11T17:24:50-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d4b8f45d-e327-4d78-a0d6-838aba063e4d@googlegroups.com> (raw)
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> Ok, I was wondering about that for a while, hence my question about the
> GPL situation with the libraries. I was under the impressino that the
> thing that makes the resulting program GPL was the libraries and not the
> compiler, but this explains now why any output from the GPL compiler is
> GPL if the runtime that is essential to run the compiled program is also
> GPL.
No, the GNAT GPL is a "special" case designed to virus software. The FSF versions do not contain code that would do that and so even though the compiler is GPL it does not produce executables that would be under the GPL unless you linked in some library that did that.
> The whole situation is not so easily understood and the explanation in
> the Libre Adacore package don't make it much clearer either. I was
> thinking if it is the Libraries only, one could omit them and write a
> new set of libraries, but this essentially rules that out.
it is possible I am wrong about the binding code, but I am under the impression they hold that anything produced by their public compiler is GPL unless you have GNAT PRO.
> Now this raises another question. I have been reading through the posts
> regarding Gnoga ( a great project by the way ) and it is my
> understanding that the applications developed with Gnoga can run on a
> server and the browser on the client side only render the output. How is
> the situation with that sort of stuff? If you write a server application
> that is never given out, can you do that with the GPL version?
Yes you can :) It is a loophole. Since you are not distributing your binaries only using them server side you do not have to share the source.
Honestly I am actually a fan of the GPL and hope you will when you can share the sources and of course changes and extensions to Gnoga as well.
The FSF versions do work with Gnoga as well. (For windows MinGW will be updated soon and will work and for Linux you need for now Debian sid)
David Botton
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2014-11-10 9:30 What exactly is the licensing situation with Gnat? Hubert
2014-11-10 10:03 ` Markus Schöpflin
2014-11-10 10:38 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-10 11:09 ` Hubert
2014-11-10 11:19 ` Markus Schöpflin
2014-11-10 15:45 ` David Botton
2014-11-11 0:09 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 10:54 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-11 11:05 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 13:37 ` john
2014-11-11 22:52 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 23:10 ` David Botton
2014-11-11 23:25 ` Alan Jump
2014-11-12 0:50 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 1:02 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-12 7:09 ` Gour
2014-11-12 11:06 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 7:41 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-13 1:30 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-12 1:15 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 1:24 ` David Botton [this message]
2014-11-12 1:33 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 7:13 ` Gour
2014-11-12 10:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 8:12 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-12 8:35 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 9:25 ` Mark Carroll
2014-11-12 9:37 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 10:31 ` jm.tarrasa
2014-11-12 10:43 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-12 10:44 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 12:06 ` Gour
2014-11-12 12:38 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 15:23 ` Gour
2014-11-12 16:30 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 13:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-12 22:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-12 23:21 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 1:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 8:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 21:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 8:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 22:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 22:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-15 9:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 0:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 9:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 4:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 5:12 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 6:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 8:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 22:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 9:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 9:40 ` Pascal Obry
2014-11-15 11:18 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-15 11:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 0:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 9:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 22:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-19 9:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-19 23:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-20 9:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-20 21:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-21 9:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-21 22:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-22 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 17:32 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-15 19:58 ` 'Image (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 0:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 8:20 ` 'Image Björn Lundin
2014-11-18 22:29 ` 'Image Randy Brukardt
2014-11-19 13:46 ` 'Image (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Brian Drummond
2014-11-19 14:21 ` 'Image G.B.
2014-11-20 13:32 ` 'Image Brian Drummond
2014-11-13 0:48 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? sbelmont700
2014-11-13 1:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 1:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 8:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 22:22 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 16:26 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-13 22:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 1:54 ` Hubert
2014-11-13 2:04 ` Hubert
2014-11-13 7:53 ` Luther Bogart
2014-11-13 7:58 ` Luther Bogart
2014-11-13 16:38 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-13 21:57 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 22:02 ` Mark Carroll
2014-11-13 22:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 1:36 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 4:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 5:24 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 8:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 9:02 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 10:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 10:38 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 12:57 ` Peter Chapin
2014-11-14 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-17 8:28 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 13:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 15:29 ` Things that OO programming lacks (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) G.B.
2014-11-14 16:32 ` Things that OO programming lacks Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 19:46 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-16 10:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 18:51 ` Shark8
2014-11-16 19:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 15:17 ` G.B.
2014-11-17 17:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 18:23 ` G.B.
2014-11-17 20:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-17 21:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 10:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 13:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 18:50 ` G.B.
2014-11-18 19:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 19:21 ` Shark8
2014-11-17 20:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 17:54 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:01 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-16 19:14 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 20:33 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-17 8:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 14:29 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-17 17:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 8:36 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Stan Mills
2014-11-17 11:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 14:20 ` G.B.
2014-11-14 9:19 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 10:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 1:00 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 1:24 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 9:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 10:27 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 19:44 ` Robert A Duff
2014-11-15 7:22 ` Gour
2014-11-15 9:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 10:51 ` Gour
2014-11-15 11:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 12:41 ` Gour
2014-11-15 13:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 8:11 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-17 8:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 8:48 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-17 10:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-13 8:03 ` Pete Ballmer
2014-11-13 8:41 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 8:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-12 11:18 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 0:01 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 0:03 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 11:15 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 23:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 7:50 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Gour
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2014-11-14 14:53 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 14:57 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 16:16 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 16:34 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 16:42 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-16 19:30 ` community-based compiler Florian Weimer
2014-11-14 15:27 ` Gour
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2014-11-14 16:26 ` Gour
2014-11-14 16:48 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-16 19:31 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-14 16:03 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Tero Koskinen
2014-11-14 22:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 1:07 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-15 8:08 ` community-based compiler Gour
2014-11-16 19:29 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-14 17:13 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Shark8
2014-11-14 18:55 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 20:53 ` Shark8
2014-11-14 21:07 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 22:35 ` Shark8
2014-11-15 1:07 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-18 0:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 3:06 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-18 9:25 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 12:44 ` Brian Drummond
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2014-11-16 21:38 ` Shark8
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2014-11-19 13:48 ` Brian Drummond
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2014-11-14 8:25 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Pete Ballmer
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2014-11-16 9:32 ` Pete Ballmer
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