Re: Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?)

[Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>]

Simon Wright wrote:

> Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> writes:
> 
>> > ... the author must receive some measurable sort of
>> > compensation, lest the contract be null and void.
>> 
>> If this is true then the contract you sign with ACT for the academic
>> package is null because you don't give them anything back. What
>> happens next I'm not sure. Probably your copy of the software and all
>> copies made thereof must be destroyed. Insane.
> 
> Of course, none of us are lawyers .. my employers have a contract with
> AdaCore under which we are supplied with support to a GPL'd software
> suite which is distributed to us. So we are undoubtedly recipients,
> and as a business could do what we like within the GPL. I think it's
> questionable whether I as an employee have any rights in the matter
> (AdaCore are quite happy for me to build my own versions, so long as
> it's clear they aren't supported).

From all I gather from previous talk to AdaCore employees AdaCore would not
mind you making a copies of the CD/DVD either - so long as it's clear they
aren't supported.

Martin
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