Given Oracle's lawsuit against Google for its use of the JVM, is anyone else suddenly much more concerned about the states of Clojure in Clojure and CLR compatibility? I know the former is an important goal and also that the existence of the latter is due to heroic volunteer efforts on behalf of a small number of people. Frankly I've been sitting on the sidelines cheering the efforts on.
But now I'm much more concerned about writing Clojure code that can only run as Oracle sees fit. I've got a small bit of code which needs OpenJDK on an Linux Amazon EC2 instance. What will the Oracle scry of that? If it sounds like I'm stirring up FUD I apologize, it's not my intent. Oracle has its fiduciary responsibilities and the patent system is what it (sigh) is. Here's my ideal option: a production quality release of Clojure targeting the CLR before the first anniversary of SCOracle day (2010-08-12). This would have to be an organized effort since big meaty chunks like CinC are probably within scope of only a few Clojurians (i.e. not me). Just my personal opinion -- questions, comments, and corrections are welcome. Seth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
