Re: compiler server ...... for Gnat

[Tony Gair <tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hmmm, sounds good its a deal



On 19 Sep 2001 13:18:51 -0700
dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote:

> Tony Gair <tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<20010918135517.5d3a4ba1.tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk>...
> 
> > It would also be helpful to know peoples thoughts on
> > the difficulty and wether I would be sued for doing this.
> 
> Well anyone can sue anyone for anything, but if you are
> worrying about whether modifying GNAT in this kind of
> direction would somehow cause you to be sued by ACT, then
> the answer is of course not. The whole point of Free Software is to
> encourage such invention and adaptation,
> that's why the sources are made available, and we are
> happy to see people using GNAT for this kind of purpose,
> since one of the original goals of GNAT was to provide
> a Free Software system suitable for such experimentation.
> 
> As to difficulty, I would actually guess that you don't
> need to modify GNAT itself, but rather just wrap it in
> appropriate scripts, and that should make the project
> much more practical.
> 
> Robert Dewar
> Ada Core Technologies