From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.98.230 with SMTP id el6mr4016365obb.10.1395310907892; Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:21:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.23.133 with SMTP id 5mr38401qgp.18.1395310907857; Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!l13no8637549iga.0!news-out.google.com!bw18ni16863qab.1!nntp.google.com!hw13no6484309qab.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:21:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0d9343e9-6190-46b0-a313-bc33ed17f28d@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=90.203.156.53; posting-account=L2-UcQkAAAAfd_BqbeNHs3XeM0jTXloS NNTP-Posting-Host: 90.203.156.53 References: <5151491a-14c3-4138-bcb5-f29108aeefb9@googlegroups.com> <857g7q6za4.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <0d9343e9-6190-46b0-a313-bc33ed17f28d@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <014455ca-ab44-46cd-a6f3-72f763e7ce32@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: ANN: Kickstarter for beginning work on a new open-source Compiler From: Lucretia Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:21:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:185216 Date: 2014-03-20T03:21:47-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, 19 March 2014 19:55:39 UTC, Shark8 wrote: > > 1) Why write the new tool in Delphi and not Ada? > > > One reason to use Delphi rather than Ada is licensing; IIUC the license > for GNAT would prohibit development of a commercial product and > [probably] the development of something that /would be/ used in a > commercial product -- I simply do not wish to burden users of this > system in that manner. There is no reason why you cannot use the FSF GNAT, I use this instead of GPL GNAT for the same reason. Plus I think that GPL is not right for libs. Luke.