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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,7684e927a2475d0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!130.59.10.21.MISMATCH!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.in2p3.fr!in2p3.fr!proxad.net!fdn.fr!freenix!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <44A18113.3060309@obry.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:03:47 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: M E Leypold Subject: Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions... References: <449d2a28$0$11075$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <449d5c03$0$11074$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <6sbqsh6jv7.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <87Wng.5800$FQ1.910@attbi_s71> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Jun 2006 21:03:47 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.120.22.185 X-Trace: 1151435027 news.orange.fr 866 82.120.22.185:3539 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5103 Date: 2006-06-27T21:03:47+02:00 List-Id: 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. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595