From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:181d:: with SMTP id t29mr24224417qtc.337.1633490070808; Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:14:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:ce14:: with SMTP id x20mr20555642ybe.139.1633490070525; Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 20:14:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.200.73; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.200.73 References: <7aff9139-3a18-4c98-bdc0-5d587912d880n@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <423cb5c5-a13f-4a30-ac96-eeb537acfc68n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Announce: AdaStudio-2021 release 01/10/2021 free edition From: Andreas ZEURCHER Injection-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 03:14:30 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62944 List-Id: On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 1:46:15 PM UTC-5, Manuel Gomez wrote: > Am 2/10/21 um 16:00 schrieb Fernando Oleo Blanco: > > Hi Leonid,=20 > >=20 > > I have been following your work for a few years. I like the Qt ecosyste= m=20 > > (even with their change of heart) and very specially VTK. Thank you for= =20 > > your work. I hope to use it in the future for my projects.=20 > >=20 > > I first wanted to say that the webpage that is indicated on your CV and= =20 > > where QtAda has been living is unreachable. Google says it has been=20 > > blocked since it is suspicious. Do you receive the same message?=20 > > [https://r3fowwcolhrzycn2yzlzzw-on.drv.tw/AdaStudio/adastudio.html]=20 > >=20 > >> Qt6Ada is built under GNU GPLv3 license=20 > >> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html.=20 > >>=20 > >=20 > > Is it GPLv3 or LGPLv3? I am asking since you mention GPLv3 but link LGP= Lv3.=20 > >=20 > > Once again, thank you for maintaining this lovely software suite!=20 > > > Hi Leonid,=20 >=20 > Last time I checked qt5ada I was surprised by the fact that it doesn't=20 > include the source code for the C intermediate Generated code is not source code, as it can be regenerated from unmodified= GPL-/LGPL-compliant widely-available tools. Just because it is C doesn't = make it source code. C code can be generated intermediate representation t= oo, which it appears to be in this case. What stops you from regenerating = the intermediate C code just like Leonid does? You have the widely-availab= le tools with source code to generate the C code. Leonid has the widely-av= ailable tools with source code to generate the C code. All seems to be qui= te good there. Now this is assuming that Leonid performs to hand editing of the generated = C code. Or if Leonid modifies the generated C code with scripts that the s= ource code for the scripts are obtainable along with (or distributed with) = each release of AdaStudio, so that you can invoke those scripts too, just l= ike Leonid did. > layer that you are using=20 > to import the Qt classes (libqtc.so), and after a quick check now, I=20 > think it is still not included. I don't know if this is an intended=20 > omission or an oversight, but in any case, if you want to distribute it= =20 > as open source and under the GPL or LGPL licenses, you have to=20 > distribute all the sources, so anyone can recompile the library and use= =20 > their own compilation. I am not a lawyer, but it seems that you are=20 > infringing the license with your own distribution of your binding.=20 >=20 > If this cannot be solved, I wouldn't recommend using this library. It's= =20 > unfortunate, because works like yours are highly needed in the Ada=20 > ecosystem.=20 >=20 > Best regards