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From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Lack of Mature Tools (was: Lockheed Martin, Green Hills, etc.)
Date: 2000/05/04
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In article <Au3Q4.5750$wb7.484988@news.flash.net>, "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> writes:
> "Matthew Woodcraft" <mattheww@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:jhi*wLbro@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...
>> >The point is, I will say it again, that we want to make it
>> >very clear that Ada Core Technologies makes no kinds of
>> >guarantees, nor takes any legal responsibilities, for the
>> >public versions of GNAT. We do not want to take any other
>> >steps that could be misinterpreted by others as indications
>> >that this is not the case.
>>
>> You do guarantee that the source you distribute matches the binaries
>> you distribute, no?
> 
> Somehow, I'm guessing the answer to this question (with respect to the
> public version) is "no".

Whereas I would guess that it is "yes, but not for you",
since ACT does not distribute the public version.  They make
an initial transmission to a server at NYU, but the copy you
take from NYU was distributed by NYU, not distributed by ACT.