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| Re: GCC is 25 years old today rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de (Georg Bauhaus) (2012-04-12) |
| From: | Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:07:49 +0200 |
| Organization: | Arcor |
| References: | 12-03-061 12-03-066 |
| Keywords: | GCC, Ada |
| Posted-Date: | 13 Apr 2012 07:35:25 EDT |
On 29.03.12 14:30, compilers@is-not-my.name wrote:
>>> As you know Adacore still makes plenty of money.
>>
>> First GNAT is GCC. Second AdaCore does not sell it. GNAT is free. AdaCore
>> sells support and an escape from the GPL-jail.
>
> No, I think that is not accurate. [...] Escaping from the
> GPL-jail is worth something, but you can't call that support. It's
> called buying something. Come on, guys!
Robert Dewar, President and CEO of AdaCore, has said this, at FOSDEM 2012:
"AdaCore is a successful company totally based on Free Software (all the
software we sell is licensed under the GPL, or other free software licenses)."
^^^^
http://fosdem.org/2012/interview/robert-dewar
The video of a presentation at Fosdem 2012 has few more remarks.
To find it, start a search: "robert dewar at fosdem 2012 video"
I'd guess that AdaCore has found an interpretation of "sell" that
matches the legal, commercial, and social requirements of doing
business and paying taxes.
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