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: a07f3367d7,c92999d3d36edb6c X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news3.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: MinGW Ada compiler licence question targeting commercial applications References: <33f1587d-b3eb-4866-8121-b027743d1114@n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com> From: Stephen Leake Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:32 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ch3u4/Y775kMXptZcY34DqDF+Fk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: b48444a3b3e89e9cadf9d05055 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6532 Date: 2009-06-19T03:30:32-04:00 List-Id: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Hibou57 (Yannick Duch=EAne)" writes: > Hi Stephe, > > On 19 juin, 00:17, Stephen Leake > wrote: >> >> Do you want your application to be open source, or closed source? >> >> -- >> -- Stephe > > As I've replied to Pascal and to someone else before, if possible, I > would like it to be open source (this is obvious I think, I'm not to > write a virus or a trojan) to people who wish to get the source (in > the mean time, most of peoples don't wish, mainly just developpers > do),=20 Ok. > but I do not understand how I can sell something if peoples are > allowed to distribute it for free.=20 You can't. You can make money selling support (that's what AdaCore and RedHat do). If you want to make money by selling copies of binaries, you cannot use GPL code. You can use GMGPL code, or LGPL code. > Well, anyway I think that this should be Ok with GCC and the > exceptions introduced withing GPL3 referenced by GCC. If you actually got the compiler from a source that says it is GMGPL, not GPL, then yes. > Note that I do not attempt to use any free libraries nor to abuse > anyone in this project (well, in fact, a series of little projects), > just my own (precisely in the purpose to not abuse anyone), except for > GTK,=20 The license for GTK is LGPL, which does not require distributing source. The Libre page for GtkAda does not state what the license is; this is unfortunate. The source obtained from there indicates it is GMGPL. > if I ever port something to Linux, beceause GTK is one of the two > native UIs on Linux/Unix-Like (GTK on Linux and GTK on Windows is > not the same stuff in my opinion).=20 Interesting. One reason I use GtkAda is so I don't have to change the source to port from Windows to Linux. > About the library question, here is something which is of interest : > http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=3D439136 I protest; the LGPL is not "purposefully obfuscated". It is addressing a complicated issue; you simply cannot expect simplistic answers. =2D-=20 =2D- Stephe --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) iEYEARECAAYFAko7Pp4ACgkQyY7DcdmbnL0LIwCfRylJstfAuRWBBhTQSLw1rB/u /08AoJQI04gQZarsX15xnVqDC2s0788V =nTwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--