[gtkada] GtkAda License?

[John B. Matthews]

On Jun 14, 2009, at 2:51 AM, Arnaud Charlet wrote:

>> Thank you for responding. I intend to seek counsel, but she will want
>> to examine the relevant licensing terms. Were I to distribute a  
>> binary
>> version of the example cited, it would include two instances of the
>> generic package Gtk.Handlers and one instance of Gtk.Main.Timeout. In
>> addition, it would  link to code derived from your exemplary
>> Double_Buffer package.
>
> OK well we're into "what if" now :-)

Well, that's why I referenced a concrete example :-)

> As I said, without giving legal advice which I'm not qualified to  
> do, things are pretty simple:

I appreciate your candor and patience, but I'm still a little confused.

> All the GtkAda code from libre that you are using is licensed under  
> pure GPL, with no "exception", so either your code is distributed  
> with a license compatible with the GPL, and you are fine, or it is  
> not (e.g. using a proprietary license) and in this case, you could  
> be in trouble.

Of course, I wish to avoid trouble :-) I frequently produce and  
consume GPL, GMGPL and LGPL licensed software, and I am happy to  
comply with the terms of redistribution.

Many of the GtkAda source files contain the text of the GMGPL  
exception; some do not. Are you saying I should not rely on the  
presence or absence of the exception in the individual source texts  
obtained from this repository:

<http://svn.eu.adacore.com/anonsvn/Dev/trunk/GtkAda>?

Thanks,

John
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