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Subject: Re: New to Ada, why these warning messages?
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"J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:

> Le 02/01/2016 13:45, Simon Clubley a écrit :
>> If however you are using the Ada compiler which is freely downloadable
>> from the ACT website, you should be aware that any executables you
>> create using that compiler are covered by the GPL and hence so is any
>> source code used to create those executables.
>> 
> It is true that code compiled with Ada GPL is covered by the GPL, but
> this does NOT extend to the source code. The author of a program ALLWAYS
> keeps full rights (whether GPL or any other license).

To be strict, I believe that it's code [compiled against and] linked
with the GPL *RTS* that's covered by the full GPL.