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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition
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* David Trudgett:

> It occurs to me that removing this exception would be tantamount to
> provoking a code fork.

For a fork to happen, you need two parties.  I haven't heard of anyone
outside AdaCore actively working on fixing bugs and implementing new
features in GNAT in a systematic manner (at least its compiler part).

Backporting and forward-porting changes is a laudable activity, and I
admire those who spend their spare time on it.  But actually improving
the compiler in a systematic way requires a new level of development
activity.  And you also have to keep in mind that AdaCore will happily
take all the code you write and sell it to their customers, without
compensating you.  Not exactly motivating.