On 8/13/10 2:57 PM, Ryan Lane wrote:
>> OK. Nevertheless, I would really strongly suggest planning a firm
>> escape route as soon as possible.
>>
>>
> Why? The Java we use is GPL licensed. As long as we use a JDK/VM that
> is open, we are good.
>
> -- Ryan Lane
>
All,
You all may not rea
> OK. Nevertheless, I would really strongly suggest planning a firm
> escape route as soon as possible.
>
Why? The Java we use is GPL licensed. As long as we use a JDK/VM that
is open, we are good.
-- Ryan Lane
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> If software is non-free just because someone files patent suits
> against those who use it, then Linux is non-free also. Microsoft has
> claimed for years to have patents that make it illegal to redistribute
> Linux without its permission, and it has sued one company (TomTom) on
> those grounds.
David Gerard wrote:
> On 13 August 2010 22:05, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
>> Oracle is only suing Google because Google is redistributing Java
>> without paying them, and because they're using a modified version (so
>> technically they're not covered by the patent grants), and because
>> Google has deep
On 13 August 2010 22:25, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
> Almost all software might theoretically be covered by someone's
> patents, but practically speaking, that doesn't make it non-free.
> It's still free as long as modified versions can be widely
> disseminated in practice, and that's still the case for
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> I wasn't aware of "if we can probably get away with it" in the WMF
> guidelines regarding free software.
If software is non-free just because someone files patent suits
against those who use it, then Linux is non-free also. Microsoft has
cla
On 13 August 2010 22:05, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
> Oracle is only suing Google because Google is redistributing Java
> without paying them, and because they're using a modified version (so
> technically they're not covered by the patent grants), and because
> Google has deep pockets. It's pretty imp
> Search, for one. Java is not free software in practice if Oracle is
> spewing lawsuits all over the place.
Right, lucene slipped my mind. I suppose there are good reasons not to
use CLucene?
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On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> So what's our escape plan from Java?
>
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/16736/oracle_vs_google_over_java_in_android_is_only_the_start
>
> (I work in a Java shop. I'd already recommended to my boss and boss's
> boss that we get the hell off Sol
On 13 August 2010 21:57, Daniel Schwen wrote:
>> So what's our escape plan from Java?
> Where are we "with" Java so that we need to escape "from" Java?
Search, for one. Java is not free software in practice if Oracle is
spewing lawsuits all over the place.
(My escape plan at work was to move
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Daniel Schwen wrote:
>> So what's our escape plan from Java?
> Where are we "with" Java so that we need to escape "from" Java?
>
Lucene.
-Chad
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> So what's our escape plan from Java?
Where are we "with" Java so that we need to escape "from" Java?
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So what's our escape plan from Java?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/16736/oracle_vs_google_over_java_in_android_is_only_the_start
(I work in a Java shop. I'd already recommended to my boss and boss's
boss that we get the hell off Solaris ASAP. Today we had a lot of Java
developers rather concerne
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