JPython Status

[Tom]

On the contrary, Sun is quite likely to charge for Java once it becomes well
established - that is what they developed it for, and that is what they have
fought hard to maintain the necessary conditions for (ie. maintaining the
necessary control).  I'm not suggesting that they will be charging
end-users, just more stuff like the existing fee for J2EE.

So if you like free (as in $ or source), then you need to consider the
future that is being prepared for you, not just the conditions today.

Tom.

"Ivan Frohne" <frohne at gci.net> wrote in message
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"Bernhard Reiter" <breiter at usf.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE> wrote in message
> > (Ivan Frohne): But CPython is not really open source, either.
>
> This is not true.
> Python qualifies as open source and free software.
> Java implementations from Sun do not. And Sun has a firm grip
> legal on the java specs.

I'll be the first to admit that my understanding of the term "open source"
is fuzzy and imprecise, but I do know what I like.  Software that is free,
easy,
universal and stable. Visual C, gcc, Cygwin et al don't score as well as
Java on those
criteria with Windows users IMO.

> > (Ivan Frohne): Guido is free to screw every one up.
>
> He has less handles. He cannot withdraw the current Cpython
> implementation for being free software.

I don't need legal assurances that Guido won't ever take Python back.
Likewise, I just don't think Java is ever going to cost me anything, or
become system-specific, unstable or hard-to-use.

--Ivan Frohne