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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Anti-Ada FUD (rant)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:39:13 -0700
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Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
> On 24.09.13 09:05, Bill Richards wrote:
>> Hint: the code was not GPL until after 3.15p.
> It was under GPL, but with an exception that had removed
> its tit-for-tat aspect, if used as-is. Used, that is, like MS's
> redistributables. FSF-GCC has a similar exception to this day.

3.15 was apparently when GNAT was finally merged into the main GCC
distro.  It was previously separate, probably for technical reasons.