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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:17:55 +0100
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On 12.11.14 13:31, David Botton wrote:
> Add to that the the GPL compiler has completely closed down all advocacy of Ada for the business world.

Has the GPL branch produced an opportunity for other compiler makers?
I understand that they, too, would mostly require customers with
deeper pockets.

As a new customer, I would be

(1) needing an affordable compiler (Ada 2005, generics working)
(2) be fine with reduced support (cf. Apple, MS, etc.!)

and compiler vendors would need

(3) protection against freeloaders destroying their full support
business.

For (3) to work, have contracts include a clause that limits
customers who want to employ the affordable compiler in unjust
enrichment.