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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:03:46 +0200
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rleif wrote:
> I tried to post this once; but I could not find it  on Comp.Lang.Ada
> 
> I am chairing a workshop/BOF on Commercializing Ada at SIGAda 2005 on
> Wednesday November 16.  Since, I have the biased opinion that
> progressive software is a better means of promoting the use of Ada than
> free software (GNU), I wish to invite anyone who believes that free
> software is a better approach to present his or her views.  The major
> differences between free and Progressive software is that under the
> latter, the developers get royalties on their work and the purchasers
> are free to do what they want provided it does not impair the
> developers' royalties.

IIRC, Dr. Carlise has announced integration of A# with MS Visual
Studio tools. So how does this fit the free-Progressive
distinction?

Just having read about "The Classification Struggle", and about
the power that comes from defining things, let me ask for a view
that - subject to falsification - dissects the values "GNU" and
"Progressive", and places the pieces that make up these notions
on at least three rather othogonal axes, by way of correlation:
payment, rights to use, and political attitude of the decision
maker.