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From: George Curioso <curiousgeorge@thezoo.net>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:18:48 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-11-13, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> "George Curioso" <curiousgeorge@thezoo.net> wrote in message 
> news:m41nld$2rh$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> On 2014-11-12, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

>> Will it run on Linux, Solaris (x86 or SPARC), FreeBSD, etc? 32 bits or 64? 
>> I
>> downloaded your test executables (I think they were old a.out) years ago 
>> and
>> I couldn't get them to work on anything I had running at the time.
>>
>> Please clarify exactly what platforms and Ada versions are supported. I've
>> heard (read) good things about your toolchain but your website doesn't 
>> help ;-)
>
> Practically, the toolchain is Windows-only at this point. We don't have 
> anything for Linux or FreeBSD, it wouldn't be hard to create such a thing, 
> but it's important get one thing right before moving on to other things. 

Thanks for the info. My preferences are for Solaris but that is a declining
market. Still you could probably make a few bucks if you can support it
readily. However Linux is surely a growth market. Most developers have a
Linux box around for stuff that won't run on other systems.

> When I redo the website, I'll remove the Unix references (since I recycled 
> the computer that supported those versions this spring in a tax-saving move, 
> I couldn't actually provide one even if someone wanted it). Of course, the 
> source code is still in our version control, so it could be regenerated if 
> necessary -- but it hasn't been updated since 1997.

I'm sure people would agree to host your development in exchange for a copy
of your product on whatever platform(s) you'd like it to run on.

George