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From: Gour <gour@atmarama.net>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:09:38 +0100
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:02:56 +0000 (UTC)
Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:

> PS: I've been around the Ada world long enough to remember the days
> when GtkAda was GMGPL. That little fiasco killed my use of Ada in
> GTK based front ends stone dead so I can understand how someone new
> to the Ada world might look at the GPL compiler situation and then
> go and choose another language which simply doesn't have those
> issues.

You're right.

I was not at all thinking about it when considering to use Ada to write
(multi-platform) desktop app using GtkAda, but now I must say that it
sheds different light on using Ada for GUI app.

Too bad, considering people have some other language choices to consider
for the task...


Sincerely,
Gour

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all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification 
nor engages in fruitive activities.