And if you think X is too hairy and scary to dive into or think network transparent windowing must be possible to do in a simpler way, also check out Plan 9's/dev/draw and rio stuff.
GPL is not quite free enough for me.
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GPL prevents me from helping my neighbor in some cases.
For example, let's assume that I live in the middle of nowhere where there are no communication networks available. I have a GPL program which I have modified (fixed bugs, added small features), but I have lost the sources and have only a binary. My neighbor wants to have that program too, but I can't legally give my binaries to him because of GPL.
Isn't it just lovely to develop for a platform where the motivation for every development is a commercial plot to maximize platform controller's profit margin?
[...] second how to improve on C++ without the proprietary lock that Sun had imposed on Java.
More like, how to get a proprietary grip on language and a platform like Sun has with Java.
And no, rubber-stamping some of the interfaces designed solely by you (to best fit into win32, of course) at ECMA while leaving the thinnest win32 wrappers (like the gui classes) merely de-facto standards, does not make C#/.NET non-proprietary.
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And if you think X is too hairy and scary to dive into or think network transparent windowing must be possible to do in a simpler way, also check out Plan 9's /dev/draw and rio stuff.
GPL prevents me from helping my neighbor in some cases.
For example, let's assume that I live in the middle of nowhere where there are no communication networks available. I have a GPL program which I have modified (fixed bugs, added small features), but I have lost the sources and have only a binary. My neighbor wants to have that program too, but I can't legally give my binaries to him because of GPL.
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Isn't it just lovely to develop for a platform where the motivation for every development is a commercial plot to maximize platform controller's profit margin?
[...] second how to improve on C++ without the proprietary lock that Sun had imposed on Java.
More like, how to get a proprietary grip on language and a platform like Sun has with Java.
And no, rubber-stamping some of the interfaces designed solely by you (to best fit into win32, of course) at ECMA while leaving the thinnest win32 wrappers (like the gui classes) merely de-facto standards, does not make C#/.NET non-proprietary.