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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a875d9649dde34e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s01.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeff C r e e.m" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <4e8fe302b927b504b93983dba6b0d79f@localhost.talkaboutprogramming.com> <87y8imp52w.fsf@insalien.org> <4163C54F.9050700@netcabo.pt> <87sm8qmjhv.fsf_-_@insalien.org> Subject: Re: Not redistributing GNAT Pro (was: GWindows and a home for it) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.74.171 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s01 1097201253 24.147.74.171 (Fri, 08 Oct 2004 02:07:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 02:07:33 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 02:07:33 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4907 Date: 2004-10-08T02:07:33+00:00 List-Id: "Ludovic Brenta" wrote in message news:87sm8qmjhv.fsf_-_@insalien.org... > > I am not a supported customer of Ada Core's, but I can imagine several > reasons why a customer would choose to respect Ada Core's request not > to distribute their changes: > There may be other reasons as well which I have not thought of. Would > a supported customer care to enlighten us? > At the moment I am not supported (ran out a few months ago and we have not renewed just yet). In any case, the first thing I wanted to say is that I have never been told, asked, or hinted at to not distribute anything by Ada Core Technologies. Perhaps they have asked hinted or told others this but it certainly never came up when we purchased support. The reason I don't distribute i (and I suspect many others) is that I did not "buy" it. The support was purchased by my employer. While ACT may not be able to restrict who I give it to it is certainly not clear that my own company could not (it would seem to be that internal use never falls under the distribution clause of the GPL and thus the T & Cs of the GPL do not apply)... Now my company may or may not care or may or may not be within their rights to tell me not to distribute but who really wants to play that game with their employer. gcc 3.4.1 is pretty solid. Sure it has got a few issues here and there but so does ever compiler (including the supported versions). I recommend that people who are unable or unwilling to purchase the supported version move on to gcc 3.4.1 and the various community supported side tools (such as ASIS, Florist). It would be great it Ada Core Technologies would release another public version but I think they have enough work to do right now just trying to get ready for gcc 4.0.