Re:GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere
by pjmlp on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:08AM
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And how many of those changes have actually benefited FreeBSD?
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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.