X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f7d991da3cc3c27e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-16 08:57:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!195.158.233.21!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!easynet-monga!easynet.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!news.nott.ac.uk!news.nottingham.ac.uk!enxrah From: enxrah@unix.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (ROBERT HART) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Jave1.1 released Date: 16 Jul 2001 15:50:48 GMT Organization: University of Nottingham Lines: 33 Message-ID: <9iv2go$d4a$1@oyez.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> References: <3B4D80FB.63F9A3ED@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <3B519ABC.49126441@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk X-Trace: oyez.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk 995298648 13450 128.243.40.43 (16 Jul 2001 15:50:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.nottingham.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Jul 2001 15:50:48 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6680 In article , Russell Marks wrote: >> > And again I must ask - why not? >> >> And I ask: why? > >Indeed, but given the above I think "why not" may be the more >compelling question. > >-Rus. I follow alt.ascii-art from time to time, and have read with interest the annoucements of new release/features in jave. However I have not tried using Jave, simply because it is a closed-source program. Seriously, unless you plan to release Jave as a commercial product, you can only benefit by talking the Free Software route. You do not lose anything by opening the source - you still own the copyright, you still have control of the project, and you can still make jave better. For example, if you consider the Linux Kernel, the official 'Linus Torvalds' version is completely controlled by Linus, and anybody who wants can take that and do with it as they like. Linus has complete control over whether or not he includes patches from other people in his kernel. If he really wanted to he could reject all outside help and advice. However, the linux kernel is independant of Linus, and so is unlikely to ever dissapear. Nobody can force you to Open Source Jave, and it's no skin off my nose if you don't, sooner or later, somebody else will do something similar, and Jave will die. Rob