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Dart at this point is being directed by Google, but it is totally open source. So if Google decided they wanted to stop working on it, you would still be free

by kyrra 14y ago

Dart at this point is being directed by Google, but it is totally open source. So if Google decided they wanted to stop working on it, you would still be free to do what you'd like with it. The Dart code[1], which includes the VM, dart2js, editor, analyzer, and all libraries are under new BSD license. The entire contents of the dartlang.org website are even on Github[2] under Creative Commons, so you can submit pull requests to have any page on the website updated. While it's direction is being decided by Google, they are taking a lot of input from the community via the mailing lists and bug submissions. Though, it is not driven by committee like EMCAScript is, I'm ok with that for now. I believe when Dart was originally launched they said they would consider submitting the language as an ISO standard once it has become more stable, which may still happen. [1] https://code.google.com/p/dart/ https://code.google.com/p/dart/ [2] https://github.com/dart-lang/dartlang.org https://github.com/dart-lang/dartlang.org

sethladd 14y ago
[disclaimer, I work on the Dart team] Yes, one of the long term goals of the language is standardization. The project is open source, we have external committers, and we've taken numerous patches. Pull Requests welcome!
- coldtea 14y ago
  Since you're on the Dart team, something I always wanted to say re: Dart. The main chance I see for the language getting adoption is to start from the server side, if Google could sponsor a full featured web framework in the language with async capabilities, talking to major DBs, and other batteries. Basically a Dart Rails or Django (maybe a little scaled back in the beginning). Sure, you can let the community create several competing frameworks, like this one. But nothing will get traction like a Google-backed, with 1-2 full time employees behind it, nice documentation et al.

by kyrra 14y ago

sethladd 14y ago

[disclaimer, I work on the Dart team] Yes, one of the long term goals of the language is standardization. The project is open source, we have external committers, and we've taken numerous patches. Pull Requests welcome!

coldtea 14y ago
Since you're on the Dart team, something I always wanted to say re: Dart. The main chance I see for the language getting adoption is to start from the server side, if Google could sponsor a full featured web framework in the language with async capabilities, talking to major DBs, and other batteries. Basically a Dart Rails or Django (maybe a little scaled back in the beginning). Sure, you can let the community create several competing frameworks, like this one. But nothing will get traction like a Google-backed, with 1-2 full time employees behind it, nice documentation et al.