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From:	"Jerry van Dijk" <jvandyk AT attglobal DOT net>
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Date:	Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:05:56 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Gnat for win32 does not search include and library paths
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Christopher Faylor writes:

 > Could I have some clarification on this?  Why would the GPL make it
 > impossible to build a cygwin-based release?  It seems like gcc is
 > licensed under the GPL and cygwin is licensed under the GPL, so...

No doubt someone will at some point port GNAT to cygwin. Two years ago I
could not, since it required the payment of a license fee for every user.
That may or may not have changed, but it was the situation at the time the
decision had to be made.

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