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 10.129.160.73 with SMTP id x70mr5979691ywg.22.1464493547966; Sat, 28 May 2016 20:45:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.1.204 with SMTP id e70mr257380ote.4.1464493547894; Sat, 28 May 2016 20:45:47 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!q32no1050041qgq.0!news-out.google.com!f14ni794ita.0!nntp.google.com!b4no145333igl.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 20:45:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.138.108.113; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.138.108.113 References: <8VrZy.128683$4%6.19185@fx28.fr7> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8535891f-56e3-433d-bc65-c87fcbfae8e6@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: ANN: Introducing AdaBase - Thick database bindings for Ada From: David Botton Injection-Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 03:45:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:30509 Date: 2016-05-28T20:45:47-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7:37:02 PM UTC-4, Randy Brukardt wrote: > Impossible, I fear. I tried that with Claw, but even having a several yea= r=20 > head start didn't prevent someone from making their own incompatible=20 > version. Being the principle author of that "incompatible version" (that's cute as i= mplies CLAW had some sort of foot hold which it didnt't) the chief reason w= as the incompatible license CLAW had. BTW Windex proceeded my efforts and had a license that was compatible but i= t would have been too difficult to add the event model I needed to support = ActiveX and the Delphi style of programming (that model is preserved in GNO= GA). CLAW is a great example of a fantastic product that had the right license b= een in place would have been extended and become the standard for Windows a= nd Ada that GWindows became. Much the story of Ada as a whole had the licen= sing not been played with the community would have grown instead of shrink. David Botton