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Why would I choose any language which runs on the JVM now that Oracle is flexing its muscles? As much as I like Clojure, Scala and Groovy, I'm starting to stee

by khill 16y ago

Why would I choose any language which runs on the JVM now that Oracle is flexing its muscles? As much as I like Clojure, Scala and Groovy, I'm starting to steer clear of anything related to Oracle's intellectual properties.

brlewis 16y ago
I'm not concerned. IBM has an independent implementation, so copyright is not an issue. Oracle is not about to start a patent war with IBM, so patents are actually less of an issue than they usually are with software. The trademark issue is trivial. I'm not concerned about Oracle's IP.
- ovi256 16y ago
  "I'm not concerned about Oracle's IP." - famous last words.
  - brlewis 16y ago
    :-) highly context-dependent
  - junkbit 16y ago
    Oracle owns the trademark to JavaScript now too. We are going to have to call it ECMAScript to be safe.
va_coder 16y ago
AFAIK server-side JVM solutions are ok, but if you have dreams of shipping an appliance like solution to customers you may well have problems with Oracle. Although, steering clear of Oracle-anything is a top priority of mine as well.