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From: Oliver Kellogg <okellogg@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on AdaCore maintaining GCC-incompatible GNAT sources
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:11:17 +0100
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:26:00 +0100, Thomas Løcke wrote:

> On 2011-01-21 06:00, Shark8 wrote:
>> Well, they could give people the option to 'prepay' a certain number of
>> years.
>> If that was the case the hobbyist might well think, "hey I got a few
>> $10 bills laying around, I could support a couple of years of GNAT's
>> Ada."
> 
> 
> I'd jump on that. Heck, I'd probably even jump on it if it were a lot
> more.

I'll put my +1 on that, too.
Or, if AdaCore is "not in the cheap compiler business", how about just 
plain donations in the SourceForge style of "donate to project". I've 
seen that it's possible to donate to FSF - but I'm not sure an FSF 
donation could be redirected specifically to AdaCore stuff.

Oliver (speaking only as a private person, of course)