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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 08:13:19 +0100
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:24:50 -0800 (PST)
David Botton <david@botton.com> wrote:

> Yes you can :) It is a loophole. Since you are not distributing your
> binaries only using them server side you do not have to share the
> source.

What is the possibility that the hole might be eliminated by Adacore
if e.g. Gnoga become (too) popular allowing people to take advantage of
it without getting into Pro contracts (which is probably anyway too
expensive for smaller players)?


Sincerely,
Gour

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