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I wouldn't like to base my stuff on a language that is there because of Microsoft's benevolent permission So, he chooses a language that is there because of Go

by myhf 15y ago

I wouldn't like to base my stuff on a language that is there because of Microsoft's benevolent permission So, he chooses a language that is there because of Google's benevolent permission.

hammersend 15y ago
Go has been released with a BSD-style license including patent grants. If Google dropped it tomorrow they couldn't stop anyone else from just picking right up where they left off. http://golang.org/LICENSE http://golang.org/LICENSE http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/PATENTS http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/PATENTS