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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,24ac770ebf312b7a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Next Ada compiler for Debian: the votes so far Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:41:50 +0100 Organization: Pushface Message-ID: References: <87u0gjd8kj.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87zmq7zi2g.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1127277707 10272 62.49.19.209 (21 Sep 2005 04:41:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:41:47 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6bfVZKw7vLCfZw2gpZBXwpq3vO8= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4973 Date: 2005-09-21T05:41:50+01:00 List-Id: "Dr. Adrian Wrigley" writes: > The damage to the GMGPL versions: if distributions and users move > to the GNAT GPL 2005 version, it becomes less likely that the GMGPL > versions will be adequately maintained and upgraded. This is likely > to be a major disbenefit for those needing GMGPL versions. I don't know whether _you_ believe this -- it's worth noting that the people who pay AdaCore are paying for a GMGPL compiler, it has to cost AdaCore (even if only a little) to make a GPL release. BTW, what's the licensing on the GAP sources?