From: David Botton <david@botton.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:54:50 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2015-01-05T16:54:50-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa17b731-a99f-4d51-b7e9-806bb2de00c6@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ohGqw.195991$rq4.58661@fx27.iad>
Can either of you tell me why the FSF gcc/ada doesn't serve that purpose now and at a zero price point?
For windows TDM-GCC (4.9.2) seems to be working well for me. See GetAdaNow.com
Granted the lack of gprtools is annoying, gnatmake still works for my purposes on Windows.
David Botton
On Monday, January 5, 2015 7:48:22 PM UTC-5, Hubert wrote:
> > I'd be happy with a low-cost non-support non-encumbered ACT release...
> > Say $100-200 to get a version without the GPL passthrough to built
> > applications, but with no rights to pester them about perceived bugs.
>
> I agree. All these arguments here really sound like nitpicking that
> serve no one.
> I think the future of Ada would be better served if there was a low cost
> version of Gnat that can be used in small scale commercial projects.
> Other companies do that a lot, I see that especially in the gaming tool
> industry where there are offers like "Free to use if you make less than
> so much money per year, above that a paid version is required. Could be
> in one or two price levels.
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2015-01-04 19:43 What is the best license to use for open source software? Hubert
2015-01-04 20:24 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-04 20:50 ` David Botton
2015-01-04 21:27 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-04 22:13 ` David Botton
2015-01-04 23:14 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-05 0:56 ` David Botton
2015-01-05 1:20 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-05 2:28 ` David Botton
2015-01-05 11:24 ` GNAT GPL is not shareware (was: Re: What is the best license to use for open source software?) Dirk Heinrichs
2015-01-05 11:38 ` David Botton
2015-01-05 12:02 ` GNAT GPL is not shareware Mark Carroll
2015-01-05 13:26 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 0:39 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-01-06 0:48 ` Hubert
2015-01-06 0:54 ` David Botton [this message]
2015-01-06 4:02 ` Hubert
2015-01-06 13:26 ` Stefan.Lucks
2015-01-06 14:45 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-06 14:51 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 20:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-06 20:59 ` David Botton
2015-01-07 23:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-08 3:22 ` David Botton
2015-01-08 4:21 ` Hubert
2015-01-08 5:17 ` David Botton
2015-01-08 8:52 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-08 11:36 ` gnatmake to lose support for project files, gprbuild instead Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-09 2:05 ` GNAT GPL is not shareware Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 2:40 ` Paul Rubin
2015-01-09 3:42 ` David Botton
2015-01-09 6:50 ` Paul Rubin
2015-01-09 17:17 ` Mark Carroll
2015-01-09 20:08 ` David Botton
2015-01-10 12:53 ` Brian Drummond
2015-01-10 2:06 ` Simon Clubley
2015-01-09 3:40 ` David Botton
2015-01-09 9:25 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2015-01-06 15:36 ` G.B.
2015-01-06 17:14 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 14:46 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 15:09 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-06 17:37 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-06 17:46 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-06 20:52 ` Shark8
2015-01-06 21:15 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-06 21:46 ` Shark8
2015-01-07 11:00 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 12:23 ` sbelmont700
2015-01-07 13:03 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 13:46 ` sbelmont700
2015-01-07 14:16 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 22:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-07 13:19 ` Thomas Løcke
2015-01-07 16:32 ` Shark8
2015-01-07 17:28 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 19:04 ` Shark8
2015-01-07 22:58 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-07 19:24 ` Shark8
2015-01-07 21:45 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 17:33 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 17:39 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 22:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-07 23:02 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-07 23:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-08 8:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-08 10:55 ` G.B.
2015-01-08 12:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-08 14:17 ` G.B.
2015-01-08 16:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-09 13:47 ` G.B.
2015-01-09 22:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 23:39 ` Shark8
2015-01-12 23:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-13 9:00 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-13 15:51 ` Robert A Duff
2015-01-13 17:46 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-13 21:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-14 8:47 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-14 16:22 ` Robert A Duff
2015-01-14 17:45 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-14 23:43 ` Robert A Duff
2015-01-15 9:31 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-15 14:24 ` G.B.
2015-01-15 20:24 ` David Botton
2015-01-15 21:10 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-16 0:35 ` David Botton
2015-01-16 0:45 ` David Botton
2015-01-10 7:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-12 11:40 ` G.B.
2015-01-12 13:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-12 14:52 ` G.B.
2015-01-12 15:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-01-13 0:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-12 23:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 2:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-08 18:46 ` Shark8
2015-01-08 20:51 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-09 2:20 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 14:11 ` G.B.
2015-01-09 21:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 21:47 ` Shark8
2015-01-09 22:07 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-09 23:36 ` Shark8
2015-01-12 23:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-07 9:15 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-01-09 10:27 ` Arie van Wingerden
2015-01-09 10:58 ` Arie van Wingerden
2015-01-09 16:39 ` Pascal Obry
2015-01-10 17:33 ` Arie van Wingerden
2015-01-10 17:44 ` Pascal Obry
2015-01-11 1:09 ` David Botton
2015-01-11 11:39 ` Arie van Wingerden
2015-01-11 17:42 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-06 18:45 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-05 18:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-05 13:40 ` G.B.
2015-01-05 13:59 ` Brad Moore
2015-01-05 14:49 ` G.B.
2015-01-05 15:11 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 18:43 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-06 19:42 ` David Botton
2015-01-06 20:22 ` Ludovic Brenta
2015-01-07 1:59 ` Hubert
2015-01-07 9:38 ` Pascal Obry
2015-01-07 10:17 ` Mark Carroll
2015-01-07 10:27 ` Pascal Obry
2015-01-07 12:44 ` David Botton
2015-01-07 15:39 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2015-01-07 23:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-08 4:09 ` Hubert
2015-01-08 8:57 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-08 11:06 ` G.B.
2015-01-05 18:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-06 0:44 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-01-29 12:58 ` Lucretia
2015-01-29 14:25 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-01-30 11:20 ` Brian Drummond
2015-01-29 19:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-29 20:57 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-30 16:48 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-01-30 20:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-30 21:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-31 8:16 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2015-01-31 15:38 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-02 20:44 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-02-02 22:06 ` David Botton
2015-02-03 20:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-02-04 0:09 ` David Botton
2015-02-04 7:27 ` Pascal Obry
2015-02-04 8:00 ` Mark Carroll
2015-02-04 8:38 ` Pascal Obry
2015-02-04 12:27 ` G.B.
2015-02-04 12:48 ` David Botton
2015-02-04 17:03 ` Björn Lundin
2015-02-04 10:15 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-04 12:30 ` David Botton
2015-02-02 22:13 ` Björn Lundin
2015-02-02 23:03 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-03 20:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-02-03 22:54 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-04 17:42 ` Björn Lundin
2015-02-04 19:41 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-04 22:49 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-05 9:00 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-04 20:57 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-02-04 23:17 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-04 23:57 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-05 9:06 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-05 20:26 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-03 23:34 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-02-03 23:55 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-04 0:20 ` David Botton
2015-02-04 21:20 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-31 9:49 ` G.B.
2015-01-31 16:12 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-02-02 12:06 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2015-01-30 11:48 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2015-01-30 12:10 ` G.B.
2015-01-30 12:12 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-30 13:50 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-30 15:48 ` Björn Lundin
2015-01-30 17:13 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-30 17:34 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-30 18:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-01-30 18:49 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-30 19:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-31 9:02 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-01 21:17 ` Containers on small systems (Was: GNAT GPL is not shareware) Simon Wright
2015-02-05 9:40 ` Containers on small systems Simon Wright
2015-02-06 21:54 ` Simon Wright
2015-02-18 22:25 ` Simon Wright
2015-01-31 11:04 ` GNAT GPL is not shareware Brian Drummond
2015-01-05 19:54 ` What is the best license to use for open source software? Michael B.
2015-01-05 20:45 ` David Botton
2015-01-05 21:51 ` sbelmont700
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2015-01-26 15:37 ` David Botton
2015-01-26 22:46 ` Jedi Tek'Unum
2015-01-27 0:39 ` G.B.
2015-01-27 1:59 ` David Botton
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2015-01-27 6:18 ` Shark8
2015-01-27 11:18 ` Brian Drummond
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2015-01-09 21:58 GNAT GPL is not shareware Randy Brukardt
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