Re: [Gnumed-devel] FW: [GPCG] The Importance of Being OSCAR (Was winter holiday)

[Brendan Scott]

I am with Horst on this one.

Brendan

Horst Herb wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:59, David Guest wrote:
>
> > > I was getting the impression that java programs can be open sourced
> > > But not GPL.
> >
> > Sounds like one for Brendan or Tim, Syan.
>
>
> You can license any of your code under the GPL, regardless of the language 
> used.
>
> The objection against Java is similar to VB: it is still a proprietary 
> language, albeit a rather open and portable one. While there are free 
> implementations of it available (free as in freedom, not cost), they are not 
> considered as equal to SUN's implementation yet, and SUN will keep preventing 
> them from becoming equals.
>
> Horst