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!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!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: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:01:43 +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: p54af30f8.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: online.de 1151143303 5109 84.175.48.248 (24 Jun 2006 10:01:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:01:43 +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:4946 Date: 2006-06-24T12:01:43+02:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Creem writes: > This is not correct. If the runtime is GPL. Dynamically linking to it > really does not help under the strictest interpretations of the > GPL. If dynamic linking constitutes a 'derived work' this would mean that Microsoft's EULA is in fact much more 'Free' than GPL. You can easily create a 'derived work' of Microsoft Windows(TM) by writing any program that uses any Windows DLL. And you don't have to stick Microsoft's EULA to it, you can even licence it under GPL. -- Michael Bode