From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: In praise of Ada Freeware
Date: 29 Jul 2001 21:39:29 -0500
Date: 2001-07-29T21:39:29-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6jSXphU8E$xY@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5ee5b646.0107291409.6538ad64@posting.google.com
In article <5ee5b646.0107291409.6538ad64@posting.google.com>, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:
> Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<+uc0vOZmzK9b@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
>> In article <87wv4r1uy5.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
>
>> The first one was my point -- those whose interest is more
>> in encouraging use of Ada than in encouraging the use of GPL
>> should remember the Freeware route.
>
>
> You are creating a choice that does not exist. The point of using
> the GPL is to ensure that the software remains accessible and
> redistributable in source form. Given that it is this accessibility
> that allows people to appreciate the effectiveness of Ada, the use
> of the GPL is certainly not for its own sake, but precisely because
> many of us see this as the best way of encouraging the use of Ada.
Given that some companies want something that does not have the GPL
restrictions, Freeware is a mechanism that can expose them to Ada.
> 2. You write something in Ada, and put in the public domain (it may
> just possibly be the case that Larry really meant this when he used
> the word freeware), and distribute the sources. Microsoft now takes
> the software, translates it into C, and puts it into Windows XP++.
> Again how does that help Ada? Not much!
It slows down Microsoft :-)
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-29 12:54 In praise of Ada Freeware Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-29 17:55 ` Florian Weimer
2001-07-29 19:33 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-29 22:03 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-30 2:36 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-29 22:09 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-30 2:39 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2001-07-30 20:33 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-30 23:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-30 14:22 ` Ted Dennison
2001-07-30 16:26 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-30 21:31 ` Ted Dennison
2001-07-30 23:34 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-31 3:39 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-31 9:40 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-31 16:13 ` Ted Dennison
2001-07-31 16:34 ` Ted Dennison
2001-07-31 19:32 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-31 17:31 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-31 3:37 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-31 2:58 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-30 1:08 ` tmoran
2001-07-30 2:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-30 15:30 ` Marin David Condic
2001-07-31 3:35 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-31 13:58 ` Marin David Condic
2001-08-03 17:44 ` Dale Pontius
2001-08-04 2:15 ` Robert Dewar
2001-08-06 14:36 ` Ted Dennison
2001-08-27 18:59 ` Dale Pontius
2001-08-27 20:34 ` Preben Randhol
2001-08-28 4:55 ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-08-28 6:41 ` Preben Randhol
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