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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,13b7917466f2d19 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 09:17:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Steven Deller" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: GNAT and GCC 3.0 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:46:27 -0400 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1002644273 8125 137.194.161.2 (9 Oct 2001 16:17:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:17:53 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14049 Date: 2001-10-09T11:46:27-04:00 Ted, Hmmm. I read the relevant passages you quote and see nothing that prevents *compiled binaries* from being restricted in their distribution. Yes, the sources have to be pointed to, but not the binaries. What did I miss? Regards, Steve "Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen." Steven Deller Smooth Sailing LLC 410 757 6924 deller@smsail.com > -----Original Message----- > From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org > [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of Ted Dennison > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:18 AM > To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > Subject: Re: GNAT and GCC 3.0 > > In article <3BC196CF.ACEA8F64@brighton.ac.uk>, John English says... > > > >Does this apply to binaries? Certainly Perl, Python and Tcl > are "open source" > >in some form (Perl is Perl Artistic License, Tcl is (c) > Regents of University > > > >Not being a lawyer, I don't know if the GPL would prevent > such conditions > >being imposed on a precompiled binary made from GPL source, > or whether > >the vendor is merely obliged to point you at the sources and > say "here > >you are, you can compile it yourself if you want to, but you > can't give > >away copies of *our* compiled binaries". > > The GPL does indeed prevent such restrictions. You don't > really have to be a > ... >