Re: Ada and licensing

[Markus E L <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de>]

Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

> Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
>
>> anon wrote:
>> 
>>> Also Note: There is a movement to have GPL license module only in Linux,
>>> starting in Jan 2008. Not sure how Adacore or GNAT will
>>> handle this.
>> 
>> I guess this would only be relevant if you develop Linux kernel modules
>> with GNAT. It doesn't affect userland applications in any way.
>
> Hmm, and if I think about it a little longer it wouldn't even be relevant if
> you want to develop kernel modules, since you wouldn't link with the GNAT
> runtime in this case.

And even if you did, linking modules with GPL source is OK if the must
be in GPL anyway.

A warning is in order here: Anon has a really skewed realitionship to
the GPL, so w/o checking I wouldn't even trust statements like "There
is a movement to have GPL license module only in Linux". Frictions
between the kernel license and "closed" modules have existed for a
long time and the GPL-only philosophy endorsed by Linux Torvalds and
others has been circumvented by external loaders for binary modules
etc. I wonder to which event in 2008 anon is alluding (is there really
a new development?). Anyway, the chances are high that anon didn't get
it right anyway if it concerns the GPL, see his postings on GPL in
c.l.a. some time ago and certain postings in web forums which make
even more ludicrous statements about GPL, copyright law and the
relationship between them.

Regards -- Markus