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If I committed to using jRuby instead of regular ruby, I would have that nagging fear that Oracle would go after all the other companies that build their produc
by joegyoung 11y ago
If I committed to using jRuby instead of regular ruby, I would have that nagging fear that Oracle would go after all the other companies that build their product using Java APIs.
- mrkrwtsn 11y agoHow would that help them? It doesn't seem like they have any incentive to prevent more people from using the JVM. In fact, I would imagine they want more people to use it, and multiple languages compiling to it makes it more popular.
- rugmug5 11y agoYou're using the standard jvm, why would they care?
- headius 11y agoWe work closely with engineers at Oracle and JRuby is one of the premier projects on the JVM. There's also no legal way they could come after us; their suit against Google is about copying Java APIs, a very narrow domain.