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 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Adacore and licensing (again), was: Re: State of the compiler market Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 18:34:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1813789782.509760763.093426.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <87varxjouh.fsf@nightsong.com> <250466748.510009784.561340.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <04f3a0f2-deb4-4b3e-a0bf-68d56bba7204@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 18:34:41 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ff7b59e8751c67b6acd47341f854a25b"; logging-data="23193"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/UMBbaavlrQX5wASxpIRxmxoy34+X7tDM=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:02zS9tGfw0IMmUjeve8Hx+vDM6k= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33443 Date: 2017-03-01T18:34:41+00:00 List-Id: On 2017-03-01, reinert wrote: >> >> If you are using Adacore's free GNAT distribution instead of the FSF >> distribution then your resulting product will have to be open source. >> >> Are you aware of this ? >> >> Simon. >> > > Yepp. And I assume potential users will hesitate to spend much time to learn to use something closed source from a small business :-) Good. Given that I have had to explain this to more than one person over the years who simply hadn't realised this, I just wanted to be sure you knew. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world