Re: LGPL Requirements (was: Selecting Ada95 compiler for MSDOS realtime application)

[dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

iRobert White said

"it.  But it is not easy to straighten out corperate lawyers after they make
broad based pronouncments about GNU software.  This will be interesting to see
if we can make them modify their position."


It hardly seems fair to talk about "straightening out" the lawyers here.
They made pronouncements on certain contractual instruments, namely the
GPL and LGPL, and deemed that neither was accceptable for your purposes.

Well that's not surprising, it is because of such problems that we have
a different set of license conditoins for the GNAT runtime sources.

If you want useful output from lawyers, you have to give them relevant
input!

Give your lawyers specifically the license agreement in question, i.e.
a copy of the GPL, with the additional paragraphs, and then ask them
if there is a problem. If they think there is a problem, then have them
get in touch with us, just as you would do with any vendor if you have
a problem with the licesnse conditions on their runtime.

As Richard notes, the GNAT runtime is the least restrictive it could be,
so it is least likely to cause you trouble!