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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
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On 01/29/2015 05:58 AM, Lucretia wrote:
> 
> They're not identical feature-wise. Pro has more work put into it than GPL as
> does GPL over FSF. Therefore, it is crippleware as FSF is buggier than GPL
> and GPL is buggier than Pro. One feature in Pro may be completely broken in
> FSF and partially working in GPL. God, it took them years to sort out
> interfaces.

IIUC, GNAT GPL is a snapshot of GNAT Pro at some point with the license
exception removed. They then diverge as work on Pro continues.

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Jeff Carter
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