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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada to Ada Translator ? Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 18:08:32 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <100ad407-090e-4316-9746-a4469568b53e@googlegroups.com> <477352cf-80d0-458c-b64a-4605557fef8f@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="1f918a0f3e6fafea4b90e16c0c51c197"; logging-data="2400"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19hfsXewxz9yWqm7VP0BAyOUGyhGXmBkts=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:L96M4jmQmN8tKJVBvWbWq58FfHs= sha1:YdVvTQ0VxPWLcEXopDQKGnl79Cs= Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56337 Date: 2019-05-19T18:08:32+01:00 List-Id: "G.B." writes: > At face value, the license exception applies to that very compiler's > sources, unchanged. Actually the compiler sources are plain GPL; the RTS sources have the exception. > It does not extend to derivative works which you seem to have in mind > when mentioning to fork. Agreed that this is a potentially contentious area: the Exception says that it 'applies to a given file (the "Runtime Library") that bears a notice placed by the copyright holder of the file stating that the file is governed by GPLv3 along with this Exception' - are you entitled to maintain the Exception in a derivative work? if you do, does it count? (you not being the sole copyright holder). I've carefully avoided this issue in my Cortex GNAT RTS by assigning the copyright to the FSF :-)