Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?)

[bourguet@my-dejanews.com]

In article <86lnfjx5rx.fsf@coulee.tdb.com>,
  Russell Senior <seniorr@teleport.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:
>
> Robert> Indeed the whole point of the GPL is to avoid the
> Robert> disadvantages of the proprietary model of software.
>
> Perhaps you could explain a little bit more about how it is in the Ada
> Community's interest to not share the GPL'd commercial and wavefront
> releases of GNAT.  Not being a member of that community, it is the
> part I don't understand.

First wavefront version of gnat are not release but more like snapshot,
and commercial release usually are quickly followed by a public one of the
same code.

About the public availability you may have another point of view than the
one of Robert Dewar, but his POV is quite argumented, consistant and in
nothing contrary to the GPL. The beta testers of emacs or gcc are perhaps
not the customers of a compagny, but snapshot and prerelease of these
programs are not very much more easily available than wavefront or commercial
release of gnats, and public release no less distant that public release of
gnat.

-- Jean-Marc
PS: Followup set to gnu.misc.discuss, this subject has been too much handled
on cla and nothing new will probably come out this time.

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