Re: ADCL

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

I have absolutely no problems with whatever ACT wants to do with their
software. They can license it any way they like and they have to make their
decisions based on what they think will benefit them the most. For some
software products, this model may make perfect sense. A compiler is a
specialized kind of product and making it open source under GPL might be the
best way of enhancing its commercial potential.

My concern is with a different kind of situation - a small-time software
developer might put out some useful subsystem that someone else might
leverage into a commercial product. In that situation, the small-time
developer needs some means of getting some remuneration from the effort or
it discourages further efforts in that area. Why should some small-time
developer subsidize the development of someone else's commercial product and
gain nothing? I agree that the possibility of *some* reward is better than
the possibility of *no* reward. That's why I like the ADCL concept and would
like to see it advance.

MDC
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Marin David Condic
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"Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." <rleif@rleif.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.995434878.2543.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
>
> However, the simplest argument for the ADCL is that something, even if it
is
> only a possibility, is better than nothing. Since the ADCL requires little
> or no cash investment from a developer who reuses another developer's
code,
> it is a better model for commercial software development then one where
> commercial development requires significant upfront costs. The owners of
ACT
> have every right to disagree with me and quite possible could be correct
in
> their market, which is a compiler. Lastly, since several members of the
Ada
> community were educated as chemists, ADCL reduces the potential energy
> barrier and thus catalyzes commercialization of Ada.
>