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> This might as well be Java. Chromium specific certainly isn't as good as open standards, but it isn't as bad as Java. Once chromium is ported to something it
by efes 11y ago
> This might as well be Java.
Chromium specific certainly isn't as good as open standards, but it isn't as bad as Java. Once chromium is ported to something it doesn't face legal uncertainty.
- pjmlp 11y agoEveryone that follows the Java license never had any issues. Only the two companies that tried to screw Sun had any issues with it.
- efes 11y agoIf you write a free application that runs on Java on the raspberry Pi you (probably) owe Oracle nothing. If anyone builds a console around that raspberry Pi, Oracle probably is owed money because the device is no longer a general machine. That is very different than chromium or anything else that is license compatible with your typical Linux distribution. Whether or not someone owed damages is immaterial to the problem of trying to get everyone an appropriate license who might want to run your software in contexts you haven't imagined yet.