GNAT Modified General Public License
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The GNAT Modified General Public License (short: Modified GPL, GMGPL) is a version of the
Ada programming language
.
The modification is as follows:
- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU Public License.
The
compiler directive. Use
pragma along with other compiler directives.
pragma License (Modified_GPL); to activate the check against the Modified GPL. The GNAT Reference Manual [1] documents the License [2]See also
- Free software licences
- GNU Free Documentation License
- GNU Lesser General Public License
- OpenSSL exception
- GPL linking exception
References
- ^ "GNAT Reference Manual". Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "Pragma License". Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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