Re: AdaCore ... the Next SCO?

Simon Wright wrote:

Because Ada support "rename" - the GMGPL package could pass thru GPL
licensed stuff. The Linux-Kernel Guys are really pissed of by many
companies circumventing the GPL by modules containing basicly:

void x ()
{
y();
}

I don't quite understand this point.

You combine three different licences to link closed source to GPL:

GPL <-> totally_free_licence <-> closed_source_licence.

Martin.
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