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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,7684e927a2475d0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Bode Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions... Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:24:49 +0200 Organization: 1&1 Internet AG Message-ID: References: <449660f0$0$11077$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <1150717184.087134.177850@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1151050924.969806.284410@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af41ea.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: online.de 1151083490 7712 84.175.65.234 (23 Jun 2006 17:24:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:24:50 +0000 (UTC) X-message-flag: IMPORTANT MESSAGE -- PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY!!! X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII, .rtf, .ps, .pdf - *NO* MS Office files User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4933 Date: 2006-06-23T19:24:49+02:00 List-Id: "Ludovic Brenta" writes: >> But the application programmer *is* the user of the compiler. > > The question was not about the compiler, it was about the run-time > library. I thought the problem arises if one instantiates generics. This is usage of an Ada compiler. I also thought the run-time could be linked dynamically and thus be distributed separate. For now I'm fine with gnat 3.15p, but maybe that also doesn't work for me licence-wise as... ...in an related thread there is a discussion of the license for GtkAda. I just looked at some source files of the CVS Version (https://libre2.adacore.com/cvsweb/GtkAda/) and they still read: ... -- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from -- ... If this means you need a written statement signed by Robert Dewar to be sure you won't be sued by Adacore if you use it in a CSS project, then probably I better read that Java book on my bookshelf. (I'm not the one who decides what licence my code has, I'm only the one who decides what language it is written in.) -- Michael Bode