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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e26dfa741e64e5f 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!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:50:31 -0500 From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <432919be$0$10539$4d4eb98e@read.news.fr.uu.net> <1126774252.966025.283640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126774578.526509.159960@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <2202138.fOMkUmLaHt@linux1.krischik.com> <1127171105.496123.178650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:50:59 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.22.63.157 X-Trace: sv3-6NVIA4dGRngOyQzfBaJq/R3dfn9osPapZcJaRzULL1PF64gI3ZvzNlHQehGGfuAe084sz+ujSs1qNMR!oSf9kiC597iYPv7xrSk8ymvCj+vTWKk5XaxiWpxVgBjox7cU1W40om7bjUE6jdEj7hSwSI6pdos= X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4953 Date: 2005-09-20T06:50:59-07:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:1127171105.496123.178650@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Try to convince some venture capitalists, or high level managers, that > it's better to code in Ada, even thought you'll have to supply your > sources to the customers (practically also competitors) under GPL. > Please get back to me if you succeed. > A strong argument to support making source code available is competition. You can purchase software from company A or company B. The software has similar price and function. Company A supplies the source code licensed under the GPL. Company B does not supply source code. All other things the same, which would you choose? On the other hand... I really don't like AdaCore releasing a GPL-only edition of the GNAT runtime libraries. My objection: Over the years I have contributed ideas, reported bugs, and submitted patches to fix bugs in libraries that were originally provided by AdaCore. I have been more than glad to give AdaCore feedback and corrections in return for the distributions they have provided. I never expected support, for that I expect to pay for. Now some of the ideas and bug fixes I have submitted are released under the GPL, which is a more restrictive license than I contributed to. I feel somehow betrayed. I haven't produced any commercial software using GNAT that would conflict with the GPL, but it still makes me uneasy on how easy it was to change the rules. Also, a silly question: If AdaCore can release a distribution of GNAT that is more restrictive, what's to prevent me from releasing a distribution that is closed source Steve (The Duck)