From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Commercial license?
Date: 11 Mar 2003 12:00:45 -0500
Date: 2003-03-11T17:14:40+00:00 [thread overview]
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"David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:
> From: "Preben Randhol" <randhol+news@pvv.org>
>
> > Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> >
> > If you look at the GNAT compiler it needs the source code for Ada
> > libraries. I'm not sure, but perhaps this is what he was referring to?
> >
> Not true. The facts are that if you provide a library, the only source
> you need to supply is that for the specifications -- not the bodies,
> in order for the library to be used. Thus, it is possible to keep
> the implementation proprietary.
If the library has generics, then the compiler needs the bodies of the
generics as well.
Ditto for inlined subprograms.
--
-- Stephe
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2003-03-11 15:26 Commercial license? David C. Hoos
2003-03-11 17:00 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
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2003-03-11 19:49 ` Robert C. Leif
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2003-03-08 17:41 Victor Porton
2003-03-08 20:20 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-08 20:49 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-09 19:08 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 6:00 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 12:12 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-10 19:48 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 19:36 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-11 4:24 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-11 11:45 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-11 15:50 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 6:18 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 7:42 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 20:40 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-11 12:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 12:44 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 15:50 ` Robert C. Leif
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