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: 103376,3e26dfa741e64e5f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.compaq.com!newsfeed1.sea.pnap.net!newsfeed.pnap.net!brmea-news-1.sun.com!news1brm.central.sun.com!new-usenet.uk.sun.com!not-for-mail From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available Date: 19 Sep 2005 14:46:11 +0200 Organization: Sun Microsystems Message-ID: References: <432919be$0$10539$4d4eb98e@read.news.fr.uu.net> <1126774252.966025.283640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126774578.526509.159960@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <2202138.fOMkUmLaHt@linux1.krischik.com> <87zmqe855m.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> <87ll1ucs1e.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <87psr58p8w.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: khepri06.norway.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: new-usenet.uk.sun.com 1127134185 8752 129.159.112.195 (19 Sep 2005 12:49:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@new-usenet.uk.sun.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2005 12:49:45 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4899 Date: 2005-09-19T12:49:45+00:00 List-Id: So in principle, I could package my non-GPL-compatible (possibly encrypted) program source with the GNAT GPL 2005 and run an automated install script at the user's computer which would install GNAT, then compile and link the program, effectively installing a binary version? Maybe even throw away the source (and GNAT) afterwards, since technically, the user has compiled the program from sources himself? The mind boggles. -- C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade.