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: 103376,2acf1f37f6bdc5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!209.244.4.230!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Licences Date: 19 Oct 2005 07:47:52 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1129303351.767662.191580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <87ach6ecah.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1129726021 16570 192.135.80.34 (19 Oct 2005 12:47:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:47:01 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5802 Date: 2005-10-19T07:47:52-05:00 List-Id: In article <87ach6ecah.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org>, Ludovic Brenta writes: > Martin Dowie writes: >> Marco wrote: >>> It seems that a BSD style open source Ada runtime library needs to >>> be created (compiled with GNAT). But is there enough steam left in >>> the Ada community to support this endeavour? AdaCore obviously >>> needs to force it's hand to stay in business and it can't >>> discriminate between the small fry and the large aerospace giants >>> which actually buys it's products. >> >> I can kind of understand where AdaCore are coming from... >> >> ...on one hand the GPL is ultimately what 'Free' Software is all about, >> isn't it? And when you hear of companies sticking satellites into space >> using GNAT _3.15p_ then there is clearly revenue there that they are >> just not getting (and need as much as any other business). > > OTOH, such companies would be perfectly happy with GNAT GPL 2005 > Edition, since they don't really distribute their software to anyone - > they just dispatch it, physically, into orbit :) No, most of them transfer it to the US Government, who do the launch. Most space companies do not launch their own product.