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Re: Why not gnat Ada in gcc?
- To: john at pietrzak dot org
- Subject: Re: Why not gnat Ada in gcc?
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 00 11:23:01 EST
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, rms at gnu dot org
As I understand it, the restrictions in the GPL are upon what controls
the distributor can impose over the person receiving the GPL'd
product.
Right.
There is no requirement that either the distributor or the consumer
_have_ to re-distribute that product to other parties;
Right.
I believe there's no restriction upon separate agreements with a third
party concerning the contents of that material.
That's wrong and is the key. If such "separate agreements" were permitted,
the GPL would be meaningless. The section that prohibits such has already
be sent along in this thread.
Therefore, an NDA holder could potentially distribute GPL'ed material
to other NDA holders without any problem,
Nope. It's actually not even clear if the NDA formally allows that, though
may people do indeed operate as if it does.