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=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577c9f9c0cdd76d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ted Dennison Subject: Re: Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Date: 1999/11/04 Message-ID: <7vsb3h$u8o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 544390761 References: <7vqgs2$lcc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x32.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.48.27.130 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Nov 04 16:09:26 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDtedennison Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) Date: 1999-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@bix.com wrote: (Robert Dewar wrote:) > >to consider this very workable model (who knows, perhaps CLAW > >would make more money if it were open sourced, and for sure it > >would be more widely used :-) :-) > CLAW is, in fact, sold as source code. I strongly suspect its (sigh). Just so no one else points this out in more inflamatory way, I'll note here that the meer fact that the source code is what is being sold does not make it Open Sourced. That being said, I think everyone here can understand the overall point you are making below. > usage is hindered more by the fact the full version is not > free(gratis) than by any objections to its copyright provisions. > In any case, that decision is not mine to make. That probably is in fact the case. However, "gratis" without "libre" is still going to depress usage more than a completely free solution. I find these days that I don't download and use *any* software that I can't in good concience use as long as I want (unless I'm willing to pay for it). That means I don't use "shareware" or "trial" software. If its an issue of price or my concience, I'll be sending another couple hundred bucks to Microsoft (or write it myself). -- T.E.D. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.