Re: Ada and licensing

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

Problem is that there are a few, close source Linux's device drivers that 
people can download and use for their cameras/video device drivers that 
are written in Ada. So unless that code become GPL and open source the 
decive will not work as of Jan 2008.

Also, some applications do require special modules or direcet links into 
a module.  And that the problem.

Plus at the movement in GNAT Ada83..2005 the "pragma License" is
non-functional other than the GNAT compiler warning. The compiler does 
not insert the correct information that the GNU/GCC will require for 
that feature in Jan, 2008. So, if your using GNAT or any other Ada that 
does not support the GPL license requirement by Jan, 2008, Linux 
might not load module.


In <fcmb2q$jnr$1@online.de>, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> writes:
>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.
>
>Bye...
>
>        Dirk