I did an internship at NYU during the GNAT project where USAF gave money to NYU to develop an Ada 9X compiler based on GCC and required it to be licensed under

I did an internship at NYU during the GNAT project where USAF gave money to NYU to develop an Ada 9X compiler based on GCC and required it to be licensed under the GPL. DoD people who managed this fully understood how free software works and they purchased support from the company formed after this project (disclaimer: I was an employee). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT An historic read if you're interested (mentionning why free software was choosen): "Ada 9X project management" https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/138844.138851 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/138844.138851 By Christine M. Anderson: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104752/christine-m-anderson/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1047...