From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Ada 95 based RTOS
Date: 2000/02/24
Date: 2000-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7v7lfvt811.fsf@pogner.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38b3e9bf.430940639@news.draper.com
rracine@myremarq.com (Roger Racine) writes:
> I am not sure about the license issues. Their code has "all rights
> reserved", but it was based on the GNAT source. The GNAT source has
> pretty open language, but definitely -not- GPL (since it is expected
> to be used as a library), so the TopLayer code does not appear to be
> "open by extension".
"GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
terms of the GNU General Public License ...
"As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this
unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable,
this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be
covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not
however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be
covered by the GNU Public License. ...
IANAL but seems to me that if I were to base my code on the GNAT
sources it would definitely come under the GPL. However, if I just use
functionality provided by the GNAT sources, that's a different matter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-02-24 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-02-18 0:00 Ada 95 based RTOS xaplos
2000-02-18 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-02-21 0:00 ` xaplos
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Matthew Majka
2000-02-22 0:00 ` xaplos
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-02-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-22 0:00 ` xaplos
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Roger Racine
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Mike Silva
2000-02-26 0:00 ` xaplos
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Scott Ingram
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Why should hackers love Ada. (Re: Ada 95 based RTOS) Marin D. Condic
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Gary
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Gary
2000-02-25 0:00 ` Mike Silva
2000-02-26 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-02-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-26 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Mike Dimmick
2000-03-10 0:00 ` Wil
2000-03-10 0:00 ` Ada OS again " David Starner
2000-03-11 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-02-23 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-02-24 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-02-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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