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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc6b98caa14b4851 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!proxad.net!cleanfeed3-b.proxad.net!nnrp8-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive? References: <3698634.pnVmuSdKQp@linux1.krischik.com> <1160631304.552665.260340@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <452E7201.1010407@obry.net> <87lknlcsjg.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> <452E8941.9090107@obry.net> Date: 13 Oct 2006 13:35:54 +0200 Message-ID: <877iz4cusl.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:6f8:37a:2::2 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Oct 2006 13:40:02 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.14.223 X-Trace: 1160739602 news-1.free.fr 5778 88.191.14.223:47821 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6946 Date: 2006-10-13T13:40:02+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Pascal" == Pascal Obry writes: Pascal> Samuel Tardieu a �crit : >> Well, not only, AdaCore also sells a non-GPL version of the >> compiler with the guarantee that it is ok to use it in a >> proprietary context. Pascal> Isn't this the case with GNAT/FSF too ? No: the FSF doesn't give you a *guarantee* (in the form of a signed document). If someone stands up and says "you cannot use this part of GNAT in a proprietary context because I have a copyright on this part and didn't allow it to be used in such context", AdaCore would handle the problem and deal with the claim (if you have the signed guarantee), while you have no such guarantee with the FSF. This is one important added-value sold by AdaCore. Unfortunately (to some people who would need it), you cannot separate that from the support contract as AdaCore sells it as a bundle. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/