Re: Runtime versions (GPL vs Modified GPL)

[michael bode <m.g.bode@web.de>]

Steve schrieb:

> If you browse the source code repository on gcc.org at:
>    svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk/gcc/ada/a-textio.ads
> 
> In the file header you will find:
> 
> -- As a special exception,  if other files  instantiate  generics from 
> this --
> -- unit, or you link  this unit with other files  to produce an 
> executable, --
> -- this  unit  does not  by itself cause  the resulting  executable  to 
>  be --
> -- covered  by the  GNU  General  Public  License.  This exception does 
> not --
> -- however invalidate  any other reasons why  the executable file  might 
> be --
> -- covered by the  GNU Public 
>          --
> 
> This "special exception" is what makes the code at the FSF (free software 
> foundataion)  covered by the GMGPL (GNAT modified GPL).

An interesting footnote: I've just downloaded the sources of GtkAda (GPL 
   Edition) from libre.adacore.com and it too contains the linking 
exception. But as has been discussed many times this alledgedly doesn't 
mean anything for the licence under which GtkAda (GPL Edition) is 
distributed.

Probably you have 3 choices: a) don't distribute under any licence other 
than GPL, b) ask a lawyer or c) do what you want an hope for the best.