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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:24:40 +0200
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* Ludovic Brenta cites anonymous:

> From the reactions in the comp.lang.ada forum it is clear that the
> positive news about the much anticipated "official" public GNAT
> distribution is completely drowned by the strong negative feelings
> triggered by the limitation that it can only be used to develop GPL
> software.

I find this rather strange as well.  My admiration for AdaCore as a
company has declined over the years, and I do feel somewhat neglected,
but if this paves the way for continued support of free GNAT versions
(as both in beer and freedom), it should be really good news.