Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?

[Hubert <herrdoktor@fumanchu.com>]

On 11/10/2014 7:45 AM, David Botton wrote:
>> I would start with the FSF version and use the AdaCore versions only when you
>> encounter bugs that are not easily worked around.
>
> Despite my open disdain for AdaCore's switch in licenses of their pubic versions to a GPL virus run time. I would say that it depends on platform and what you are looking to do if it makes sense to start with the FSF version or not.
>
> On Windows for example until MinGW is updated to a more recent compiler and includes GPR tools you are probably better off with the GPL version regardless of use.
>
> Based on what you wrote in previous posts, since your project would later on be looking at support best to start with the GPL version regardless of platform in my opinion.
>
> David Botton
>
Yes, plus I really need the GPS editor for my Ada code at the moment. I 
have no experience whatsoever with Emacs or Vim and I am somewhat 
addicted to having a hierarchy browser (I know we wrote big programs in 
the 90s without it but I couldn't imagine that anymore). I want to take 
a serious look at the new Slickedit version when it is released and then 
I hope I can use that to edit, compile and debug, since I'm having my 
problems with the debug environment in GPS it is a bit cumbersome with 2 
or 3 steps necessary to start a program under the debugger.


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