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On 27/09/2021 14:20, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 27/09/2021 à 14:48, Simon Wright a écrit :
>> "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:
>>
>>> AdaCore has introduced a patch in FSF GCC to remove ASIS support.
>>>
>>> AdaCore is free to do what they want with their own version of
>>> GCC. However, removing a useful feature from the FSF version with the
>>> goal to promote their own, in-house tool is clearly against the spirit
>>> of free software.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know the procedures set by the FSF to challenge a patch?
>>
>> It's not just the patch(es), it's any subsequent changes to affected
>> parts of the compiler.
>>
> Right, if they want to contribute further patches, they'll have to keep 
> it ASIS compatible. That's not a reason to divert gcc to support their 
> own private interest.

Why is this at all surprising? AdaCore was created off the backs of U.S. 
taxpayers via grants Robert Dewar used to fund development of GNAT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dewar

This has been a questionable racket from Day 1.