Gnat for win32 does not search include and library paths
Robert Collins
rbcollins@cygwin.com
Tue Oct 8 17:05:00 GMT 2002
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 05:05, Jerry van Dijk wrote:
>
> Christopher Faylor writes:
>
> > Could I have some clarification on this? Why would the GPL make it
> > impossible to build a cygwin-based release? It seems like gcc is
> > licensed under the GPL and cygwin is licensed under the GPL, so...
>
> No doubt someone will at some point port GNAT to cygwin. Two years ago I
> could not, since it required the payment of a license fee for every user.
> That may or may not have changed, but it was the situation at the time the
> decision had to be made.
It only requires a licence fee IF you are porting proprietary software
that you will distribute. And even then, AFAIK the licence is a flat
fee. Or are you talking about GNAT needing a licence fee?
Rob
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