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Subject: Re: why is java so widespread when ada is free? makes 0 sense
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Date: 2016-08-26T11:21:45-07:00
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On Friday, August 26, 2016 at 6:49:31 PM UTC+1, Nicolas Colin Paul de Glouc=
ester wrote:

> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
> |"[. . .]                                                         |
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> |I am grappling with this:                                        |
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> |Can I use GNAT to make programs in my for profit startup or not?"|
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>=20
> Would clients of a firm want to pay a firm that does not want to pay
> for a good compiler?

Of course they would.

Nowadays, many compilers are free as in "permissive license for any use". I=
f Ada ever wanted to gain some traction and widespread popularity, either (=
a) GNAT would have to become LGPL or (b) someone else would need to make an=
 LGPL or BSD licensed Ada compiler or (c) AdaCore would have to sell the fu=
ll toolchain, including the libraries but perhaps without Spark and without=
 further support, for less than $100. A working cross-platform GUI option (=
not "web-based") written in Ada and with permissive license would also not =
harm.