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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
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David Botton writes:
> Demos are usually fully featured and the issue is the impression
> others will have of the availability of Ada. If the impressionion is
> Ada is available only for open source or high end niche that leaves
> most of the world in the middle. That is not Ada advocacy that is
> harmful.

80% of all software in the world is never released to anyone, much less
to the public, and is therefore not impacted by the GPL "virus".  If
"most of the world" means the proprietary software sold by vendors then
"most of the world" means maybe 10% of the world, the remaining 10%
being free software.

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Ludovic Brenta.