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On 9th October 2014, Mark Carroll sent:
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|"[. . .]                                                                |
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|Ada does look good but, as far as I can tell, if I ever want to use it  |
|for any software not to be distributed under the GPL, I'm faced with    |
|dealing with a subscription model (with goodness knows what guarantees  |
|of ongoing affordability) negotiated with a private corporation, so     |
|personally I'll probably actually not invest any more time into learning|
|about Ada and disappear from here and use something else for my         |
|projects. I wish you guys all the best though: I am glad to have dropped|
|in and seen that your community is even more alive and well than I'd    |
|guessed, so you're clearly quite attractive for some!                   |
|                                                                        |
|-- Mark"                                                                |
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There are more compilers than just GNAT compilers.