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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Ada grammar
Date: 2000/05/11
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In article <uzopxgj6j.fsf@infomatch.com>,
  Ray Blaak <blaak@infomatch.com> wrote:
> Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au> writes:
> > I can't see why they would have to use the clients compiler.
> > Couldn't they just bundle gnat with their application?
>
> Assuming the product is a commercial one, is one even allowed to do
> this under copyleft? I suppose that one can make gnat separately
> available on the same website or CD.

Sure, as long as they somehow allow access to Gnat's sources. The only
way they could possibly run into trouble would be by making
modifications to the compiler itself, and refusing to provide the
sources for the modifications.


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