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Date: 2004-10-06T20:27:41-04:00

Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> writes:

> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> 
> > Marius Amado Alves writes:
> >
> >>Two dimensions, different aspects, these words imply that you can
> >>have any combination of {open, close} * {free, charged} (one of them
> >>being the unfeasible open and charged, unfeasible because the minute
> >>you open it, someone will put a copy for free on the Internet, bye
> >>bye business).
> > Not true; look at Ada Core. Have you ever been able to get your hands
> > on GNAT Pro without paying for it?  And even if you did, that would
> > not stop Ada Core from doing business.
> 
> (Nice trick to keep the thread on topic :-)
> 
> As far as I know GNAT Pro is distributed under a proprietary license.
> So, irrelevant.

You are incorrect. The GNAT Pro toolset is covered by the same GMGPL
license as the public version. There is an informal understanding
among supported customers that it is not appropriate to distribute the
Pro version to unsupported people, because it is _not_ ready for
unsupported use.

-- 
-- Stephe