Chapter 8. Contractual Matters

Table of Contents
8.1. The Compiler License
8.2. The Run-Time License
8.3. Support

ERC32 Ada is copyrighted commercial non-proprietary software.

The ERC32 Ada compiler and associated toolset are based on software from the Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA, and are supplied under their license. The ERC32 Ada run-time system and libraries are supplied under a special library license.

8.1. The Compiler License

ERC32 Ada 95 is supplied under the General Public License, which is included on the CD-ROM.

This license requires us to make the source code available so that users are not prohibited from making further modifications.

Ready-to-install binary versions of the compiler, that have been thoroughly tested, are available for a fee.

The terms and conditions of the license permit you to copy the source or the binary versions, and to pass these to a third party, providing you do this on the same terms an condition under which the source or binary versions were supplied to you.