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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Can I share GAP?
Date: 11 Oct 2005 10:03:17 -0500
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In article <1129023671.275903.161010@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "sangorrin" <daniel.sangorrin@gmail.com> writes:
>>Perhaps no one has uploaded it anywhere? Why do you think that you might
>>find it?
> I think Marc A. Criley gave the right answer when he said:
> 
>>And because AdaCore
>>does provide support to professors that are using it in their classes,
>>they _may_ be _requesting_ that it not be openly distributed (this is
>>sheer speculation on my part)

> In my opinion it's a strange conception of free software...
> You can distribute it but, please, don't do ;)

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