Re:GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere
by amelius on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @04:06AM
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True, but on the other hand more people are using BSD than Linux, at least on the desktop/laptop because OSX is based on it.
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Doesn't OSX ship with more GPL code than BSD? It has a BSD kernel at it's core but it also has GNU tools and safari (forked from KHTML).
Re:GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere
by amelius on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @04:45AM
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Yeah, but Apple doesn't mind sharing the source for those, if they make modifications.
These licenses prevent Graal VM from being used inside e.g. OSes and browsers with a more liberal license.
And how many of those changes have actually benefited FreeBSD?
Re:GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere
by amelius on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:20AM
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None, but that is not the point. The point is: can we use the code without hindrance in whatever plans we have now or in the future? Or is building upon the code like going into a long one-way street?
The fact that some people will use the code without giving back is secondary to that.
That is not just my opinion, because if a more liberal library comes into existence (inevitable), it will prevail.
I agree that GPL is bound to long term irrelevance due to the way most companies deal with open source.
And on that day you will miss when GNU/Linux mattered.
But hey, we will always have freeware and public domain.