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 10.42.68.4 with SMTP id v4mr67480099ici.16.1420469684437; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:54:44 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.65.166 with SMTP id y6mr15094obs.15.1420469684326; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:54:44 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!h15no21320933igd.0!news-out.google.com!h6ni16060igv.0!nntp.google.com!h15no36608148igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:54:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2602:306:3784:5b10:495:64af:544e:b9b7; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 2602:306:3784:5b10:495:64af:544e:b9b7 References: <0Kgqw.953330$_k.685364@fx16.iad> <199c826a-923e-497f-a8e2-9e732c8a5665@googlegroups.com> <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <67988fa5-db25-4c68-a346-39b09d5e3327@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What is the best license to use for open source software? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:54:44 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:191674 Date: 2015-01-05T06:54:44-08:00 List-Id: > For example, are these facts? > > - AdaCore support pricing, which entails the GPL linking > exception, is incompatible with most small businesses. Correct > - If all Ada 2005 pricing is incompatible with small > business, then small business and Ada 2005 are incompatible. No, since there are FSF gcc/ada editions (priced in range, in this case 0 but didn't have to be) that small businesses can use. AdaCore has pointed that out themselves. > Now imagine RR Software's compiler being updated and > targeting the LLVM. > > What would your preferences be, then, WRT licensing and pricing? While I am a strong proponent of "libre" software it matters to me only if they made it available under a "free" license and since a compiler (or interface to system service) I also would hope with a runtime exception. If they had a free license (and non-viral runtime), regardless if they had pricing in range for small business or not, I'd be pumping them all the time. David botton