From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,30a9bb3017fa58dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,959627a08fbc77c5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Russell Senior Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Date: 1999/04/22 Message-ID: <86lnfjx5rx.fsf@coulee.tdb.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 469856956 References: <3718ccb6.3581307@news.mindspring.com> <3718d384.254178@news.pacbell.net> <1999Apr20.073527.1@eisner> <7fi2k3$lv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371C99DD.F15ADC4B@spam.com> <7fkkoi$ui$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371DF7CE.C7D7C1F@spam.com> <1999Apr21.142617.1@eisner> <371E2F2A.662C8F4F@spam.com> <7fndu7$im4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371F8B02.9BD7045F@spam.com> <7fomsh$p8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Complaints-To: news@teleport.com X-Trace: news1.teleport.com 924845443 192.108.254.12 (Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:30:43 PDT) Organization: As much as seems appropriate NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:30:43 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar 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. Thanks. -- Russell Senior seniorr@teleport.com