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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ec90d7920bdc8e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Ada and licensing Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <1190014387.975202.55530@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> <1190021838.110522.147220@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:29:04 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Sep 2007 12:23:43 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: e7bd7e64.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=ZUUg:DXRC>g]BlmkiiU@BiA9EHlD;3Ycb4Fo<]lROoRa<`=YMgDjhgb^5Z:A^WBc=n[6LHn;2LCVn7enW;^6ZC`dIXm65S@:3>o69;<9\DTGYb X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1974 Date: 2007-09-17T12:23:43+02:00 List-Id: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:37:18 -0000, Tomek Wa kuski wrote: > Wikipedia says: > > ""Any software created with GPL tools must be released under the GPL." > The program must be GPL only if it includes GPL source code or it > is linked with a GPL library. For example, using gcc to compile > proprietary software is allowed." > > Wikipedia made a mistake? GCC is licensed as GPL, GNAT is also GPL - > so where is the difference? My guess is - you link to the Ada RTL. (I don't know how "to link" is defined in the legal system. It looks quite swampy, I mean technically, to distinguish linking and translation. But what ever, law has nothing to do with reason anyway. (:-)) -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de