>"Bj�rn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil> wrote in message 
>news:7MJ0d.103131As Ludovic said the >reference manual is copyrighted but 
>that doesn't matter. The only thing I can think of that could force anyone 
>to keep their compiler compatible is if the name "Ada" is a trademark that 
>you may use only if your compiler passes the validation tests.

>Is it a trademark? Somebody ought to know.

 I've looked and I simply can't find Ada(tm) so far.  I would have to assume 
it isn't but I'll leave that to those that really do know ;-)