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Why should GPL be problem for Ada when it's not for GCC?

• masklinn 9y ago
  GCC has a runtime library exception, GNAT GPL does not. Programs compiled with GNAT GPL can only be GPL (GNAT GPL is specifically engineered to that end), that is not the case for GCC.
  • duskwuff 9y ago
    Are you sure about that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT_Modified_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT_Modified_General_Public_L...
    • Avshalom 9y ago
      It's a little awkward. Adacore drops a full GPL edition every year which turns gmgpl the next year while simultaneously there's a group that bug fixes the existing gmgpl libraries and integrates the new changes.
      • duskwuff 9y ago
        Oh, weird... that sounds like a complete clusterfuck. :/ Why do developers do this?! These are the sorts of policies that scare companies away from open source software.
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