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From: "Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other
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M E Leypold writes :
> what is annoying is if the GPL infects any
> tool compiled _with_ the compiler. This is less freedom not more.

Less freedom for you, but more for your users. The GPL protects users
from programmers who would restrict their freedom.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.