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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=c3=b6rn_Lundin?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Needed - Ada 2012 Compiler. Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 22:47:06 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <5c6d8e37-b737-4a8b-b601-0d0b4c10756b@googlegroups.com> <29e20858-6e53-4e52-a5e0-6ff7cb0d8f74@googlegroups.com> <1f5a3876-a27a-439a-bcf8-d24d96e437a4@googlegroups.com> <6b285165-962a-4bde-ae3a-87c72003a08f@googlegroups.com> <72cd2636-75dc-4aef-9636-0230c78e287c@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 20:47:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="1db3fe457fee2fc5aba78e3895be0025"; logging-data="29426"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18+2wOZ7bHQPGHy+BvyC6Wm" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:u9SAw5dFNkkqfSb0YEZaCc2lzZA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: sv-FI Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56404 Date: 2019-05-29T22:47:06+02:00 List-Id: On 2019-05-29 21:32, Simon Wright wrote: > Björn Lundin writes: > >> Yes, and I say that the OP's source code will get GPL'd when he link >> and sell it with CE. _Not before_. So he can select to sell source >> only, with _any_ license. > > A bit misleading. OP's source code can have any licence they like, no > matter what compilation suite they use during development. Yes. > But if it is > to form part of a commercial distribution including GPL'd code, OP's > licence has to be compatible[1] with GPL and the distribution itself has > to be made under the GPL. Yes. If OP'd code uses GPLd code, then of course OP's code will be under GPL. But he can still sell it commercially. But if OP's code is not using GPLd code, then his/her code is not GPLd until he/she releases binaries created with CE. > [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses > -- -- Björn