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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4d70a6d53a28095,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: GtkAda License Question From: M E Leypold Date: 19 Jun 2006 13:11:52 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.235.113 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1150715170 88.72.235.113 (19 Jun 2006 13:06:10 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.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-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4826 Date: 2006-06-19T13:11:52+02:00 List-Id: (Oh no, not a licensing question again). In the new GNAT-2006 release I found GtkAda labeled as GTKAda-GPL. Since, if that were so, it would hinder the use of GTkAda under GMPL-conditions with gccada, I started (as a first step) to look into the licensing of the older GTKAda 2.4.1 and now I'm confused: - Most (if not all) of the files which are later linked to the executable seem to carry the GMPL linking exception. - Neither COPYING nor README mention the linking exception. Does anybody here have any idea how the licensing situation of GtkAda actually is? Are the copyright header with linking exception are only remnants of (happy :-) days long past or is GtkAda actually licensed with a linking exceaption (in version 2.4.1) and it just has been forgotten in the README to mention that? And what about the new versions from the CVS (i.e. 2.8.0)? Regards -- Markus