Re: GNAT GPL Edition Maintenance and Upgrades

[Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Georg Bauhaus a �crit :
> - we have 2 free GNATs, one with and one without GMGPL exception
That's exactly why I think ACT made a very bad move.

If you  are a 5 persons company (the ones most hit by the current 
decision), you generally have more time than money (those people don't 
count their hours ;-). You can spend some time building the Gnat you 
need from the FSF tree *if you are already an Adaddict*.

If you are a newcommer and just want to have a look at what Ada looks 
like, you want a ready-to-run distribution. You download Gnat from ACT's 
site (with some suspiscion: why do these guys require me to fill a 
form), and then you discover that you are forced to use it for free 
software only. Immediate conclusion: "Oh, Ada is just for those dreamers 
of the FSF, nothing like an industrial language". Of course, these 
people do not make the difference between Ada, Gnat and Gnat-Pro.

Conclusion: it is a real disservice for the promotion of Ada that will 
not bring one single extra customer to AdaCore.

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