Is oracle going to make the jvm part proprietary?
This slashdot story is kind of worrisome. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/1711203/Java-Gets-New-Garbage-Collector-But-Only-If-You-Buy-Support?from=rss Do you all think this is the beginning of a trend? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Is oracle going to make the jvm part proprietary?
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/1711203/Java-Gets-New-Garbage-Collector-But-Only-If-You-Buy-Support?from=rss Who cares? There are many classy JVM implementations from third parties like IBM. BG -- Baishampayan Ghose b.gh...@ocricket.com oCricket.com http://oCricket.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Is oracle going to make the jvm part proprietary?
Baishampayan Ghose b.gh...@ocricket.com writes: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/1711203/Java-Gets-New-Garbage-Collector-But-Only-If-You-Buy-Support?from=rss Who cares? There are many classy JVM implementations from third parties like IBM. Well, at least them IBM one is proprietary. ,[ /usr/portage/licenses/IBM-J1.6 ] | You may not 1) use, copy, modify, or distribute the Program except as | provided in this Agreement; 2) reverse assemble, reverse compile, or | otherwise translate the Program except as specifically permitted by | law without the possibility of contractual waiver; or 3) sublicense, | rent, or lease the Program. ` If the free Java implementations degenerate to second class citizens, I would care. Bye, Tassilo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Is oracle going to make the jvm part proprietary?
Fear not. G1 is in Open-JDK, so no one can forbid you use it anyway you see fit. The clause in EULA is simply a lawyer talk, to cover their asses if someone uses experimental feature in production and looses his data or crashes server. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
