Re: MinGW Ada compiler licence question targeting commercial applications

["Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

On 18 juin, 13:07, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de>
wrote:
> Just like with Microsoft's open and closed source software, the
> license text states conditions for using the licensed
> software, commercially or otherwise.
> It is possible to use GPL software commercially, even with
> version 3 of the GPL.  When you want to distribute binaries
> derived from GPLed source, for commercial or other reasons,
> without also making available what is required to be available
> by the GPL, things are different.

Is an application compiled and builded with the compiler a derived
work ?

What does exactly mean “ derived work ” ?

> The MinGW compilers' licensing may be with a special exception.
> Roughly speaking, do not change a line of code and distribution
> of your derived work will only depend on what it depends considering
> the licenses of all works used in your program.  Thess might include
> Microsoft's redistributables etc.

I'm not sure I've understood line sentence “ do not change a line of
code and distribution of your derived work will only depend on what it
depends ”

May be I have to point that I wish to distribute applications compiled
and builded with either GNAT GPS or MinGW Ada compiler, not a version
of MinGW Ada nor a version of GNAT GPS.

> (Is there an emoticon for IANAL?)

As you see, me too, I am not a lawyer... I feel lost