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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.44.70 with SMTP id m46mr32990752yhb.22.1415790902063; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:15:02 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.19.193 with SMTP id 59mr20578qgh.19.1415790902044; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:15:02 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!i13no1052824qae.0!news-out.google.com!u1ni10qah.0!nntp.google.com!i13no1052821qae.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:15:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=73.46.72.234; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 73.46.72.234 References: <87fvdr2vdv.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <54609F34.4080201@spam.spam> <35f01472-3510-4f67-8765-006fa8591c35@googlegroups.com> <9tc8w.73007$ZT5.37595@fx07.iad> <22a3816a-4e89-48f0-a126-dce581781beb@googlegroups.com> <084b1934-9641-425e-85ec-293e0334413e@googlegroups.com> <86bf69c8-eb08-4696-b6c9-3784f5c42213@googlegroups.com> <87389olqie.fsf@ixod.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3516753b-5304-408d-99c8-67f544fdc185@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:15:02 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23158 Date: 2014-11-12T03:15:01-08:00 List-Id: > It is my opinion that what is missing is some sort of intermediate > license for people who just want to write small scale applications and > don't have the security requirements of big projects adn thus don't need > the support that Adacore offers. I had a meeting this last Monday with AdaCore with a business model to make that possible and lucrative for them. With or without them, I have a solution to this currently in the works and I'll give them a bit of time before I push the sans AdaCore solution. I would rather do it with them despite what they did to the community with the GPL version, total disregard of it, they have put in the work on the compiler and the language that deserves giving them a chance to be part of the solution. David Botton