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Subject: Re: Microsoft & Ada
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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:49:01 +0200
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"Andrew Carroll" writes:
> Okay, let me ask it again.
>
> Is the Ada language licensed or patented?  By language I mean the
> grammar that the compiler uses.  I think it's called a BNF grammar.

Ada Reference Manual - Language and Standard Libraries
Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, Intermetrics, Inc.
This copyright is assigned to the U.S. Government. All rights reserved.

Technical Corrigendum 1
Copyright © 2000, The MITRE Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

The complete copyright statements are here:

http://www.adaic.org/standards/95lrm/html/RM-TTL.html

> Also, if you support the idea of Microsoft getting involved with
> Ada, why?  What is at risk for you if Microsoft did get involved?
> Are there benefits related to Microsoft's involvement that reduce
> your current risks?  If so, what are they?  Why do you feel that
> Microsoft's involvement with Ada implies positive results only?

I would be happy if Microsoft provided an Ada compiler, provided that
this is really an Ada compiler (as defined by the standard) and not a
compiler for a different language.  If they call this different
language "Ada" or "Microsoft Visual Ada", we're in trouble.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.