Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions...

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Markus,

I've some hard time to understand you. You have a business, you ask for
an Ada compiler for free (GMGPL or GPL). This is asking for using
somebody else toolset to develop closed-source softwares without paying!

So why not use the GPL for your softwares? Why are you asking some
company to give-for-free years of work when you are not considering to
do the same? Please this is nothing personal, I'm just trying to understand.

I know that lot of companies are using GCC, Emacs, OpenOffice, Firebird,
Thunderbird... daily and they are not even considering supporting the
open source movement. I know some companies are using the Open Source to
obtain better price for concurrent applications.

One way to contribute to the Open Source movement is to develop GPL
softwares. Another way is to support the Open Source by paying support
or licenses. But isn't asking for a "commercially viable" free (as free
beer) LGPL compiler too much?

Right this is possible for some projects like GCC, but I don't see this
as fair.

Pascal.

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