Post #3579842
2026-07-04 12:37 UTC
@dgelessus@mastodon.social Wait what do you mean by license restrictions on the compiler? O_o
[does some quick research]
Okay so, I was only aware of the GNAT that is part of the GNU Compiler Collection, and today I learned about AdaCore's version. Yeah it seems the AdaCore version is a bit... messier? But they did do something about it: https://www.adacore.com/blog/a-new-era-for-ada-spark-open-source-community
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@dgelessus@mastodon.social 2026-07-04 12:54
@techokami@woof.tech Yeah, Alire is what you find nowadays when looking for a non-Linux GNAT build. Sadly I have never found a clear answer about what license the Alire GNAT builds are under, so I always assumed that they still have the same restricted license as GNAT-GPL... because if not, surely they would clearly tell you "yes, you can use this to compile GPL-incompatible code, unlike before"? This all didn't give me much confidence in the state of Ada for individual/OSS use, rather than corporations.