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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,24ac770ebf312b7a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!teaser.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!proxad.net!infeed-3.proxad.net!news18-e.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Next Ada compiler for Debian: the votes so far References: <87u0gjd8kj.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87zmq7zi2g.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <1127373639.533145.315510@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1127389845.587230.25850@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: 22 Sep 2005 15:11:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87slvxz1qf.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Sep 2005 15:15:02 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1127394902 news18-e.free.fr 5131 81.56.47.149:51793 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5028 Date: 2005-09-22T15:15:02+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic Brenta writes: Ludovic> Steve Whalen a �crit : >> It's my understanding that the GNAT Ada95 compiler was basically >> built with DOD $$$ on the condition that it be free for all uses >> and users (but ACT and others were free to charge for support as >> long as a compiler remained free). This specifically included the >> libraries being under a LGPL / GMGPL type license. Ludovic> If memory serves, that that was done at the insistence of the Ludovic> NYU team who wrote the software, and then formed AdaCore. Ludovic> But I wasn't there so I cannot say for sure. What was done at the insistance of the NYU team? Build a Free Software compiler? I am quite certain it was a DoD requirement. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam