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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL Edition - on the plus side
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:36:00 +0100
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> Also, I think, they could publish under [GM]GPL their compiler test
> suite.

That's /never/ going to happen. the ACATS tests are freely available but a
_huge_ amount of any compiler vendors tests are built around actual costumer
source code (under appropriate non-disclosure agreements). This is true for
test tools companies, CASE tool vendors, etc.

Cheers

-- Martin