Mention AdaCore regarding FLS and strike "donation" #1547
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There was some relationship between Ferrous Systems and AdaCore when they worked together to create the FLS. Apparently that relationship ceased in July 2023, according to the Foundation's blog post, but I don't think we need to go into those details. Still, it seems worth mentioning AdaCore here, regarding the creation, so let's do that. In discussion with various people, there's some preference to not use the word "donation". It's awkward, then, that word is part of the headline on the Foundation's post which has now been widely quoted and reported on, so it seems too late to change that. But the Foundation has struck that word from the remainder of their post. In our case, we weren't leaning on the word heavily anyway. Looking at it from a Project perspective, our primary focus is that we're "adopting" the FLS, and that's still right of course. We'd used the word "donation" in a more limited way to contextualize what we're thanking Ferrous Systems for doing. But looking at the text now, we can without any real loss surgically strike that word and replace it with... nothing. So let's do that.
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There was some relationship between Ferrous Systems and AdaCore when they worked together to create the FLS. Apparently that relationship ceased in July 2023, according to the Foundation's blog post, but I don't think we need to go into those details. Still, it seems worth mentioning AdaCore here, regarding the creation, so let's do that.
In discussion with various people, there's some preference to not use the word "donation". It's awkward, then, that word is part of the headline on the Foundation's post which has now been widely quoted and reported on, so it seems too late to change that. But the Foundation has struck that word from the remainder of their post.
In our case, we weren't leaning on the word heavily anyway. Looking at it from a Project perspective, our primary focus is that we're "adopting" the FLS, and that's still right of course. We'd used the word "donation" in a more limited way to contextualize what we're thanking Ferrous Systems for doing. But looking at the text now, we can without any real loss surgically strike that word and replace it with... nothing. So let's do that.
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