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: 103376,2acf1f37f6bdc5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Licences References: <1129303351.767662.191580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <80733$434fd8b0$49951a4$23477@ALLTEL.NET> <1129369145.676257.240480@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> From: Brian May Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:22:46 +1000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uMczCqqrJL7t4MfRojt8mvaosoE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1129371766 202.173.153.89 (15 Oct 2005 20:22:46 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!atl-c05.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!uunet!dca.uu.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5691 Date: 2005-10-15T20:22:46+10:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Dowie writes: Martin> Surely, a $0 compiler, that could be used outside of the Martin> GPL, would open the Ada world up to many more people and Martin> that in turn would create demand for paid-for products Martin> and/or support? For the idea of a $0 zero support compiler to work, I think I would need source code for the compiler. That way if I identify a compiler bug I can (in theory at least) fix it myself without bothering the vendor, who is likely to try and blame my (possibly closed) code for causing the problem. -- Brian May