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 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,30a9bb3017fa58dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,959627a08fbc77c5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Russell Senior Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Date: 1999/04/23 Message-ID: <86n1zz43dt.fsf@coulee.tdb.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 470066401 References: <3718ccb6.3581307@news.mindspring.com> <3718d384.254178@news.pacbell.net> <1999Apr20.073527.1@eisner> <7fi2k3$lv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371C99DD.F15ADC4B@spam.com> <7fkkoi$ui$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371DF7CE.C7D7C1F@spam.com> <1999Apr21.142617.1@eisner> <371E2F2A.662C8F4F@spam.com> <7fndu7$im4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371F8B02.9BD7045F@spam.com> <7fomsh$p8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <86lnfjx5rx.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> <7fq3mh$16m1@news1.newsguy.com> X-Complaints-To: news@teleport.com X-Trace: news1.teleport.com 924890849 192.108.254.12 (Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:07:29 PDT) Organization: As much as seems appropriate NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:07:29 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Mize writes: >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar writes: Robert> Indeed the whole point of the GPL is to avoid the Robert> disadvantages of the proprietary model of software. Russell> Perhaps you could explain a little bit more about how it is Russell> in the Ada Community's interest to not share the GPL'd Russell> commercial and wavefront releases of GNAT. Not being a Russell> member of that community, it is the part I don't understand. Samuel> The commercial one IS shared. The commercial customer can Samuel> always get all the source code, and is allowed to give out Samuel> copies. Thanks for the review. I am not accusing anyone of anything. I am asking a question. Of the three replies to my question that I saw this morning, none of them addressed the question. It has been noted that all of the GNAT releases (or snapshots or whatever you'd like to call them) are GPL'd and that recipients are legally entitled to share these with others. It has further been noted that recipients of the `non-public' releases tend not to share them with others, despite their legal right to do so. I am curious to know what goes into their calculus for deciding not to. That is all. Any attempts to help educate me on this question would be most welcome. Thanks. -- Russell Senior seniorr@teleport.com