Re: Is 3.15p -still- the latest GNAT 'p' release?

[Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>]

Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
>>Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>>>(2) the "GNAT Pro" releases offered only to paying customers
>>You could always contact friends who are (or work for) paying
>>customers and get a Pro version from them.
> This is pirating.  I will never encourage such a disrespectful
> attitude.  ACT are doing an outstanding job.  As a professional
> software developer, I happen to know just how much effort goes into
> testing, verification and certification.  I pray everyone on this
> newsgroup not to listen to Hyman Rosen.  If you require GNAT Pro, pay.

Excuse me, but this is most assuredly *not* "pirating". All versions
of GNAT, including GNAT pro, are released under the GPL. Indeed it
could hardly be otherwise, since it is a derived work of GCC. It is
completely legal, fair, and honest to distribute GNAT Pro to whomever
you like, and ACT would be in breach of the GPL if they acted to
disallow such a thing (not that they would, of course).