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I always just assumed it was mostly because of the desire to have a proprietary system he could generate revenue out of, instead of wading into GPL-esque territ
by arca_vorago 11y ago
I always just assumed it was mostly because of the desire to have a proprietary system he could generate revenue out of, instead of wading into GPL-esque territory that tends to go along with LISP.
It's also one of the main reasons I have been using Octave and Python/Anaconda.
- pjmlp 11y agoMost proper Lisps are all proprietary, what GPL scheme? None of the GPL Lisps compare to what is offered by the likes of Allegro Common Lisp and similar environments.
- arca_vorago 11y agoDidn't realize, the only LISP I regularly interact with is emacs lisp...
- krick 11y ago> None of the GPL Lisps compare to what is offered by the likes of Allegro Common Lisp and similar environments. Care to elaborate?
- pjmlp 11y agoAllegro Common Lisp, Franz Lisp provide IDE tooling reminiscent of the Lisp Machines. With visual debuggers, graphical REPL, hypertext documentation triggered from the REPL, libraries to integrate with the OS.... Additionally their optimising compilers are quite good.
- hga 11y agoIt was first released a year before the GPL. One thing I'm sure was very significant was an IP fight with his institution, Caltech, which prompted him resigning in 1983, the same year RMS gave up on Lisp Machines and started the GNU project.