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: 103376,9a5f3bd162009c01 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005: Too clever by half? References: <70e0e$4331acfc$4995583$14979@ALLTEL.NET> <43342d07$0$16484$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:02:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1127570574 209.165.13.56 (Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:02:54 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:02:54 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5098 Date: 2005-09-24T14:02:54+00:00 List-Id: Dr. Adrian Wrigley wrote: > > because that is the normal thing for code in C, C++ and > many other languages compiled with GPL compilers and > only using the built-in capabilities of the language > and standard libraries. Dittos. And note that the moment it gets noticed that with *Ada* there is a licensing issue but with *C* or *C++* or some other language there is NO licensing issue asnd what do you imagine the pressure will become? "Why do you insist on using that antiquated, has-been, unimportant, niche language with LICENSING RESTRICTIONS when you could just use what everyone else uses and get all those compatibility advantages with other tools and libraries and NO LICENSING RESTRICTIONS..." How do I make an argument for Ada if business managers see nothing but negatives to using it? MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: No.Mcondic.Spam@Del.Mindspring.Com (Remove the "No.", ".Spam" and "Del." for the real address.) "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." -- G. K. Chesterton ======================================================================