Re: free alternatives to JDK
> Brian> If so, then this would appear to be a serious limitation in
> Brian> Java, because you cannot test new programs (including new
> Brian> open source programs, eg Cocoon2) without installing
> Brian> non-DFSG software.
>
> IMNSHO, the problem is that most open-source Java developers don't
> consider this issue. They focus on free as in beer not free as in
> liberty when considering Java. Worse still, lots of them have bought
> into the marketing spin of Javasoft and simply don't read the
> conditions using Java places of the recipients of their code. ALl
> that matters is being sexy and working in the language
> flavour-of-the-month.
>
> The concepts behind Java are good (regardless of how you feel about
> the language), but the legalities are completely screwed.
I know I'm gonna regret asking this, but...
Given that Microsquishy is supposedly pushing for ECMA(?)
standardization for it's new sexy language flavour-of-the-month, is
there any hope, however small, that this will be less of a problem for
C#?
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