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: 103376,577c9f9c0cdd76d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: tmoran@bix.com Subject: Re: Confusing language, was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Date: 1999/11/04 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 544255903 References: <7vqgs2$lcc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net 941691119 207.214.211.228 (Wed, 03 Nov 1999 20:51:59 PST) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 20:51:59 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >Just so no one else gets confused, Ada Core Technologies does >not deal in proprietary software at all. Our software is >copyrighted (mostly the copyrights are held by the Free Software "Proprietary - Held under patent, trademark, or copyright by a private person or company." >Indeed, one of the interesting dynamics here is that everyone >using GNAT, including especially those using the public version >have an interest in seeing ACT prosper so that the development >of GNAT can continue and we can continue to see new versions Ditto Apple, General Motors ("What's good for GM is good for the country"), etc. >to consider this very workable model (who knows, perhaps CLAW >would make more money if it were open sourced, and for sure it >would be more widely used :-) :-) CLAW is, in fact, sold as source code. I strongly suspect its usage is hindered more by the fact the full version is not free(gratis) than by any objections to its copyright provisions. In any case, that decision is not mine to make. A low average price of GNAT, times a large market of all Ada programmers, may generate plenty of money for ACT. A similar price for CLAW, times a small market of Ada programmers needing a binding to Windows, would generate a lot less. There are in fact free(gratis) Ada-Windows bindings, but it appears they don't generate sufficient revenues to "pay reasonable salaries ... so (their authors) can devote full time to this valuable task." If Ada takes over the Windows world and CLAW develops a large potential market then multi-tiered pricing would be probably be highly appropriate.