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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,776a7f0c329d226e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:04:36 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: <1200629.1vbc6zTRSe@linux1.krischik.com> References: <41e503af_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> <41e52252$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> <10ubu795m26ddf1@corp.supernews.com> <41e64436_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> <1711413.SSJOl95tSF@linux1.krischik.com> <87wtuhi6qk.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Reply-To: martin@krischik.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1105692442 00 7301 vKjXrlllo6MmC+t 050114 08:47:22 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: rquo6sZQgeIKv71GIbtmOUgx1y-Q+RKYa4SS7-L7Hyxlv9ukvZfX6M User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7755 Date: 2005-01-13T19:04:36+01:00 List-Id: Florian Weimer wrote: > * Martin Krischik: > >>> The GAP release comes with *all* AdaCore tools and add-ons, including >>> ASIS, AUnit, AWS, GLADE, GtkAda, PolyORB, and XML/Ada, but also (and >>> of course) the compiler and the debugger, and GPS .. >> >> It's GPL: Can't we find a Studend who makes a copy into the public ftp >> server of his univerity? > > In general, you aren't allowed to do this even with supposedly GPLed > software. The GPL doesn't give you this right. Quote from the GNAT Source: |GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under |terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft |ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- |sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- Quote of the GPL: |You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as |you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and |appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and |disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all th e notices that refer to this |License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients |of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program. You may |charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at |your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. And: |You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under |Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 |and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: So, why do you think it is not allowed to copy a GAP release to an ftp Server for public access? Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net ttp://www.ada.krischik.com