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: 103376,34191e2c05ab90f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!hwmnpeer01.lga!hwmedia!news-server.columbus.rr.com!tornado.ohiordc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "John B. Matthews" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada & gui References: <1122635428.712528.291900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <42EA23CC.5020304@mailinator.com> <42EA2C1E.3070006@mailinator.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:02:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.31.62.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: tornado.ohiordc.rr.com 1122854533 65.31.62.213 (Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:02:13 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:02:13 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3867 Date: 2005-08-01T00:02:13+00:00 List-Id: In article , Simon Wright wrote: > "John B. Matthews" writes: > > > If you modify a GMGPL library and distribute the modified code, you > > have to provide the modifications, as required by the GPL. Now you > > choose the license under which to redistribute your modified > > library. The GPL requires that you "not impose any further > > restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted > > herein." Doesn't that preclude your choosing a license that's more > > restrictive than GMGPL. If you redistribute under GMGPL, then your > > code that uses the library would be explicitly exempt from the > > linking provision, just as it was before you started. > > > > I can't help wondering if the GNAT modification was designed to > > achieve just this effect. > > Well, that may be so. I guess on the other hand that a corporate legal > department faced with this might be happy with the use of an > unmodified GNAT RTL (where the position is clear) but unhappy with the > required use of a modified GNAT RTL (or other GMGPL library, of > course) where the position is less clear. I guess I don't understand what becomes less clear after GMGPL software is modified. -- John jmatthews at wright dot edu www dot wright dot edu/~john.matthews/