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Subject: Re: Needed - Ada 2012 Compiler.
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On 2019-05-27 at 08:38, Bj=C3=B6rn Lundlin wrote:
> On 2019-05-27 12:30, alby....@gmail.com wrote:=20
> > - AdaCore's GNAT 2018 community edition
> > (cant be used in commercial apps.)=20
>=20
> Of course it can be used in commercial apps.
> But it will be under GPL.=20
> But you can still sell it, and sell support to it.=20

But =E2=80=9C[o]f course it can be used [by anyone else] in [their] commerc=
ial apps [too].=20
[Because its source will be freely available] it will be under GPL [for any=
one to fork].=20
But [they] can still sell it [to compete with you directly], and [they] sel=
l support to it [to compete with you directly].=E2=80=9D

Hence why Alex was correctly indicating that GPL Community Edition forestal=
ls most practical forms of commercial business activity by entirely prohibi=
ting AdaCore-esque dual licensing (as well as prohibiting closed source) du=
e to lack of the Runtime License Exception.