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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ec90d7920bdc8e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.tpinternet.pl!atlantis.news.tpi.pl!news.tpi.pl!not-for-mail From: Wiktor Moskwa Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and licensing Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:34:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: tp.internet - http://www.tpi.pl/ Message-ID: References: <1190014387.975202.55530@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> <1190032323.899346.97800@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> <1190032933.256219.113550@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> <5l85seF6pc78U1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: aaes199.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl X-Trace: atlantis.news.tpi.pl 1190061272 26799 83.4.122.199 (17 Sep 2007 20:34:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@tpi.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:34:32 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1999 Date: 2007-09-17T20:34:32+00:00 List-Id: On 17.09.2007, Alex R. Mosteo wrote: > Tomek Wa kuski wrote: > >> Yes, but if we mean propertiary as "closed source", we can't use >> AdaCore GPL compiler and GtkAda bindings. > > You can, as long as you don't distribute. GPL builds on copyright law, and > without distribution ("conveying I think is v3 term?"), it doesn't apply. > Two questions about distribution: 1. Is using GPL compiler for internal project considered a distribution? 2. What about deployment on internal servers when GNAT GPL is used for building software for Application Service Providing (front-end is web application for example). -- Wiktor Moskwa