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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:39:00 +0000 (UTC)
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Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57 ) <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Le Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:09:16 +0200, Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com> a  
> écrit:
> 
>> Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>> 
>>> The one ACT supplied library I used to use was GtkAda which had a GMGPL
>>> style licence until around GTK 2.4 (IIRC) when it was suddenly changed
>>> to pure GPL overnight by ACT.
>>> 
>>> I made a point _never_ to use anything under the direct control of ACT
>>> after that experience. (For gcc, I use the FSF gcc branch only).
>> 
>> Exactly.
>> 
>> I have similar concerns now they are the ones 'controlling' the futureis
>> ASIS, as there's no external agency defining the packages, […]
> 
> Isn't it an ISO standard? Or it isn't anymore?
> 

No they've abandoned it. AdaCore is the one extending it. 

I downloaded ASIS GPL the other day, to their credit AdaCore have
documented the extensions to 2005 and 2012 in the root as readme files.
 
So this shouldn't be a problem for other ASIS implementations with more
permissive licences if the interfaces are copied from the readme's into
their source.