Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition

[Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> Also, Ada programs link in an Ada run time library. If the run time 
> library is GPL, then the resulting program is GPL. All existing public 
> GNAT releases from AdaCore have had an exception on the run time library.
> 
> One could always use another implementation of the standard library, but 
> another version of the run time library is a bit more difficult.
> 
> Probably there is no problem, and AdaCore's public releases will still 
> be able to produce non-GPL programs. Even if AdaCore decides to remove 
> the exemption from the run time library for its public releases, we 
> still have the GCC versions, which we can reasonably expect to adhere to 
> the goals of the GCC project, which include being able to produce 
> non-GPL programs.

Well, it's there now - so let's all go and find out! :-)

-- Martin