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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.146.99 with SMTP id tb3mr38267549pab.11.1415802823133; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:33:43 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.32.74 with SMTP id g68mr10393qgg.22.1415802823082; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:33:43 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.213.216.MISMATCH!hl2no522286igb.0!news-out.google.com!u1ni9qah.0!nntp.google.com!u7no1090537qaz.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:33:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87a93wmtom.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.250.123.221; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.250.123.221 References: <87fvdr2vdv.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <54609F34.4080201@spam.spam> <35f01472-3510-4f67-8765-006fa8591c35@googlegroups.com> <9tc8w.73007$ZT5.37595@fx07.iad> <22a3816a-4e89-48f0-a126-dce581781beb@googlegroups.com> <084b1934-9641-425e-85ec-293e0334413e@googlegroups.com> <86bf69c8-eb08-4696-b6c9-3784f5c42213@googlegroups.com> <87389olqie.fsf@ixod.org> <87a93wmtom.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:33:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23170 Date: 2014-11-12T06:33:42-08:00 List-Id: > You should consider if Janus/Ada is relevant for you. It has some > limitations (for Microsoft Windows, only Ada 95), but it also comes with > what appears to be the most Ada friendly Ada GUI library available > (CLAW). CLAW and Janus, having used both are a _very_ nice top notch compiler and l= ibrary combo. However, GWindows and GNATCOM (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnavi/) are = more capable, very well maintained, open source, and easier to use and they= work well with the windows FSF version of GNAT that comes with MinGW. You = can use Ada 2005 and Ada 2012 with them as a result too. Despite the lack of PR (not sure why they are not listed in the AdaIC.org l= ist of packages for example. It is probably the largest ada framework used = outside of those distributed today by AdaCore in the world. When I created them they were placed under the GMGPL so you can enjoy using= them in commercial products and I have and hundreds others do. When I abandoned public Ada projects and advocacy ten years ago, _because_ = those libraries are open source people like Gautier de Montmollin and other= s were willing to get involved and are even running the show on them now. S= o Open Source is a critical part of success today. You just have to be crea= tive to know how to monetize it. For application development MinGW is absolutely usable for professional dev= elopment. Same goes for other platform GNATs and you should have no qualms of using i= t for non-safety critical work. David Botton