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Re:James Webb Telescope will run a proprietary JS interprete... by tokai on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @12:25PM (#19739999)
The only thing wrong here is proprietary part.
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Re:James Webb Telescope will run a proprietary JS interprete... by Bonooru on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @12:42PM (#19740179)
Usually with a project of this scale, you'd also get a copy of the source code for the interpreter or a provision in the contract for a copy of the source in the case that the company that wrote the interpreter goes out of business.
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