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On 2019-05-29 16:28, Optikos wrote:

>receiving a pure-GPLv3 copy of upstream source code without the Runtime Library Exception then...

Where did this come from ?

* The author writes code
* That code IS NOT GPLd in ANY way

it becomes GPLd when SOMEONE links it with a GPLd runtime. Not before.

The author may test it locally with GPLd runtime.
That code/program is not for sale. It is for testing.
It is NOT distributed.

The author may sell that code under any license of choice

The customer needs to compile the code in order to get a system
The customer may then compile the code with a non-GPLd runtime => does
not change license.
OR
The customer may then compile the code with a GPLd runtime => does
change license. On the customers copy. Not on the authors copy of
source. And applicable only IF the customer wants to fiddle by his/her
own or resell it.

The 'the sole topic of conversation here.' is if you may/can produce
software commercially with AdaCore's CE editions. Nothing else.
And the answer is yes.
It is clumpsy - but possible.

(And no, I do not do it this way, my company is customer to AdaCore)
(And no, I do not like the way CE behaves, I think it should do as the
rest of gcc, have a non-GPLd runtime)


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Björn