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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aeba3d258ec8d495 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Samuel Tardieu Subject: Re: Selecting Ada95 compiler for MSDOS realtime application Date: 1996/11/06 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 194916474 sender: tardieu@gargantua.enst.fr references: <327FCD98.40AD@cedar-rapids.net> to: ramaffei@cedar-rapids.net content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 organization: TELECOM Paris mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Maffei writes: Richard> A non-GNAT solution is preferred to avoid any potential Richard> restrictions/requirements associated with the commercial Richard> release of software containing GNU libraries. Richard, I really cannot understand this sentence: the GNU licence does concern you *only* if you want to redistribute a modified *compiler*, that is if your project is to produce and give away (sell ?) an Ada compiler (which I guess isn't, since you mention real-time) and choose to modify GNAT, then you have to distribute the sources as well and respect the licence. But if you use GNAT for development as a compiler, then it doesn't add any restriction or requirement compared to other compilers! I think you should take some time and read the General Public Licence which is distributed with GNAT. I know of several companies that use GNAT for developping commercial applications and sell these applications without any restriction. Sam, happy user of GNAT -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@hacker.org