Comment on Gnat 2021 GPL Community Edition Ada 202x compiler releasedparentComments−tobiasu5yTake as an example the gnat.sockets package from upstream gcc:https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/ada/libgna...Compare with the same file from the GNAT 2021 CE install:GNAT/2021/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.3.1/rts-native/adainclude/g-socket.adsyou will find there are a bunch of blank lines where the runtime exception was.−e12e5yBut if you're going to use the FSF version, why not use fsf/distro binaries? Getting the source from Ada core still leaves you without the runtime exception? (Ada core is upstream/newer, fsf is downstream, lagging a bit behind Ada core(?)).−andi9995yI might be ignorant, but you actually need the exception, otherwise it would be gpl, isnt it.
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Take as an example the gnat.sockets package from upstream gcc:
https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/ada/libgna...
Compare with the same file from the GNAT 2021 CE install:
GNAT/2021/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.3.1/rts-native/adainclude/g-socket.ads
you will find there are a bunch of blank lines where the runtime exception was.
But if you're going to use the FSF version, why not use fsf/distro binaries? Getting the source from Ada core still leaves you without the runtime exception? (Ada core is upstream/newer, fsf is downstream, lagging a bit behind Ada core(?)).
I might be ignorant, but you actually need the exception, otherwise it would be gpl, isnt it.