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From: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:32:34 +0100
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Le mercredi 12 novembre 2014 =C3=A0 03:05 -0800, David Botton a =C3=A9crit =
:=20
> > Well another point of view is that it encourage Open Source softwares.
>=20
> Not true and the reason the FSF compilers do not encumber their
> executables like AdaCore's GPL version. Even they, who are the father
> of Free software advocates, know that the GPL in this context is a
> poison to advocating the use of the GPL itself.

But then if the FSF compiler is used to create Open Source software
that's fine. But then again, what's wrong with the GPL one? At the end
you have an Open Source software :)

I understand that GNAT FSF can be used for closed sources software, but
again how many they are? I'm not saying there is nothing, but as I said
in my first post the GPL do cover the most majority of Ada projects
needs.

Regards,

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