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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,13b7917466f2d19 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-07 08:28:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Ronald Cole Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT and GCC 3.0 Date: 07 Oct 2001 08:28:16 -0700 Organization: Forte International Technical Consulting Services - +1 760 499 9142 Message-ID: Sender: ronald@yakisoba.forte-intl.com References: <9a575af3.0110020747.2304ce86@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0110022002.7ccde025@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0110060639.31567261@posting.google.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13858 Date: 2001-10-07T08:28:16-07:00 List-Id: Bollocks. I still have our entire email transaction from 1997. The truth is that you wanted your cake and eat it, too. You wanted an "Aladdin"-style arrangement: a version you can "hoard" for a year or two before you release it to the public. The only problem I have with that is that GNAT is based on the GCC backend, which ACT doesn't own. Yes, the GPL allows software hoarding, and unfortunately Stallman is ok with that, so you are within your right. That doesn't make it a "good thing", however. Open development hasn't been "dangerous" for the linux kernel. In fact, more eyes during the development process has been a good thing. Your refusal to do the same for GNAT is most likely the reason it's been locked to GCC-2.8.x for almost five years: you faced the same problems that the authors of proprietary, binary-only modules did. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B