Guys, why not keep the discussion to the point. Oracle is quite irrelevant here. The issue is the perception of Go among programmers.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 11:46 Wojciech S. Czarnecki <o...@fairbe.org> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:06:41 -0700 > Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In regards to Oracle, I was delighted when they released under GPL > > and remain delighted that they pay Oracle employees to enhance it > > and share their work. > > Excuse me?! > > 1. VirtualBox was opensourced under GPL by its real creators, the Innotek > GmbH. > > 2. Even before that, VirtualBox was available under so called PUEL license > first > to developers then also to SMEs -- i.e. to everyone that made install by > him or herself. > > 3. VirtualBox was acquired by the Sun Corporation in 2008 and Sun had put > quite a money to make VBox creation/administration GUI tools, including > working metal->virtual converters. > > 4. Then Oracle bought Sun. > > Many small users expected that PUEL licensing -- as a part of Innotek > acquisition > deal -- will stay. It stood for the short period Oracle lawyers needed to > null PUEL > obligations Oracle inherited from Sun. Since then (v5.1 iirc) Virtualbox > can > be used for free only by pupils and hobbyists. (You're out of PUEL right at > the first $1 earned on IT-related work, whether Virtualbox was involved or > not). > > > > The name 'Oracle' on that page does not discomfort me > > Me it disgusts a lot. > > > P.S. This is really OT for the go-nuts list, but the Oracle's "alternative > facts" > that are spread in many media outlets need correction. I do not blame > Michael Jones for falling a prey to that - he's within a legion. > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Wojciech S. Czarnecki > << ^oo^ >> OHIR-RIPE > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/20190717114553.5c6793b7%40zuzia > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAO6k0ute6_0_%2B5ikDS%2B3X1jdCO4K5mU_5qRo9yq%3DxtDFDH264Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
