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 10.50.92.10 with SMTP id ci10mr6049208igb.8.1424806992323; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:43:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.102.195 with SMTP id w61mr214389qge.40.1424806992293; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:43:12 -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!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!hl2no28045086igb.0!news-out.google.com!n6ni187qar.0!nntp.google.com!j7no5884428qaq.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:43:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87sidv6vii.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.140.197.120; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.140.197.120 References: <0414d9e6-9303-4c91-9cb2-313427c1193b@googlegroups.com> <87sidv6vii.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GNAT runtime licensing mess From: David Botton Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:43:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25022 Date: 2015-02-24T11:43:11-08:00 List-Id: Much has been said on the topic, I'd look at previous threads over the last= 10 years. But since important that no one ever think people the Ada commun= ity supports such self serving small actions: 1. The basic answer is as Patrick wrote, they have permission to remove the= exceptions, but you can opt to use the FSF versions and not promote the li= bre site, etc. http://www.getadanow.com - Perhaps people could send me lin= ks and I'd even host or link to other platform versions there as well. 2. What they have done and are doing has been a low blow to the community a= nd is disrespectful and condescending to other contributors of open source = Ada software and for the work of others they built their own work on. No on= e action has sent away or prevented growth in Ada use more (in my opinion, = and is perhaps just my own) 3. Despite the above, they have and so far continue to contribute their wor= k back to the FSF so if your work helps them to continue development and se= ll their products as long as their derivative work is still flowing back to= the FSF I wouldn't be concerned at all. David Botton