I believe they do not sue over the JVM but over Dalvik. The OpenJDK is,I think, a bit protected frompatents by its license and the fact t has been distributed by the patents' owner.
However, Clojure in Clojure and better support of other platforms would be great. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Seth <seth.schroe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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
