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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: AdaCore ... the Next SCO?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:46:48 +0100
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M E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> writes:

> Well -- if you, as JC seemed to imply -- are working for a company
> that is providing programming service to large aerospace companies
> and of those some in turn seem to have a "no GPL" policy in place
> now, as other posts seem to imply: You wouldn't want to explain to
> them the difference between Gnat GPL and Gnat Pro. You'd like to
> avoid the "GPL stink", someone put it here

I really don't see this as a problem; I work for a large aerospace
company, we are so far as I know quite happy with the service we get
from our vendors and the licence terms are OK too. I hope we aren't so
blinkered as to go off on a rant against anything with G, P and L in
its licence.

OK, every so often we contemplate programming our systems in VB or
Java, wiser heads prevail, but C++ is a real challenge; and not
because it's GPL-free, but because it's easier to get people with it
on their CVs.