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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing
 situation with GNAT?)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:07:05 +0000 (UTC)
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> wrote in message 

> Why do you say that? It's something I've thought about; I'd certainly do it 
> if I decided to stop selling it. I don't think there is any business reason 
> that it couldn't be open-sourced at this point (that wouldn't have been true 
> 10 years ago).

Given that it's your business, I would've thought opening it up would my be
conducive to selling it any longer. Fine if you stop selling it, but you
haven't yet.