Re:Mojo: It’s Finally Here
by ayhanfuat on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:04PM
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How license will evolve is unclear. I personally don't mind it starting closed to figure out a contribution model or whatever they want to sort out as long as they have clear commitment. However, the current statement for open source is so vague that I don't want to invest time on it.
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Re:Mojo: It’s Finally Here
by code_biologist on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:19PM
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I think not investing time in Mojo is the currently the correct decision. If Modular decides they have a good product and would like broad community adoption, they will make the open source and licensing decisions that would support that. They're smart and I presume aware of that dynamic, so honestly I suspect they don't want a broad community just yet.
Community management and language feature haggling is not worth the expense at an early for-profit company with an alpha language that needs to solve internal problems.
Re:Mojo: It’s Finally Here
by WanderPanda on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:22PM
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Isn’t the whole point that you don’t invest time in it but just switch over your python project and then optimize it in a ship of theseus manner?
Good. It's an early alpha product. You shouldn't invest time into it. If their current licensing model prevents people from using it from anything serious, that sounds like a win.
It's a programming language. Just playing around to see what it is capable of means serious time investment. I wasn't planning on using it on production. Anyway, that was a feedback for the creators. I'll check back if they change the license.