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Howlers: "Java and Android are both generally governed by a license called “GNU” which means, more or less, that you can use the tools freely to make software
by msg 16y ago
Howlers:
"Java and Android are both generally governed by a license called “GNU” which means, more or less, that you can use the tools freely to make software but that the things you develop with them are not necessarily themselves free. It’s the latter that concerns this case."
"Android’s Java is, despite being derived from the same language predecessor as Objective-C, easier to use."
- hakl 16y agoYeah, that's pretty terrible.
- mhw 16y agoAnd from the author's comment: "I think to argue otherwise ignores whole swaths of interesting business history such as Steve Jobs’ involvement creating Objective-C at NeXT." That ignores the fact that Objective-C had already been created (by Brad Cox and Tom Love) before NeXT was founded.
- Herring 16y agoBlame RMS for not knowing the first thing about branding. It's really no wonder we call it linux.