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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c887193050c097ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 09:06:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge Date: 08 Feb 2002 12:03:31 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: <3C625604.1C948A06@gmx.de> <3C6312FF.D2FABFC5@easystreet.com> <3C632525.9080001@telepath.com> <3C634BAD.AE1448B5@easystreet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1013188065 19515 128.183.220.71 (8 Feb 2002 17:07:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2002 17:07:45 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19782 Date: 2002-02-08T17:07:45+00:00 List-Id: Al Christians writes: > If some brain-dead user (say, for example, someone like me) just writes > and compiles some Ada with gnatmake and gets an execuatable (eg for > Windows), is he yet (as of 3.14p) pretty safe in figuring that the > executable falls under the exception? Yes, that is what the GMGPL is for. If you produce an executable with GNAT, it is _not_ "contaminated" by the GPL. > Is there any library code that doesn't follow the exception? The intent is that there is not. If you are really concerned, you should actually check, and consult your lawyer. I'm not sure if being a GNAT customer would help here, but it probably would. They could help in assuring that the GMGPL applies to all runtime components. > Will the answer to this change with the new GNAT versions that are > more closely integrated with the rest of gcc? The runtime library that comes with gcc (note that this is _not_ glibc or newlib), is mostly in libgg2.c (I think). It has wording in its license that sounds exactly like the GMGPL. So I think you are safe there. Remember; I don't speak for ACT or FSF, nor am I qualified to provide legal advice. -- -- Stephe