Vlákno názorů k článku Java jako open source: sen se stává realitou od karl - jak to bude s komercnima aplikacema, ktery budou...

jak to bude s komercnima aplikacema, ktery budou pouzivat javu, ktera je vydana pod gpl?

jojo, to by me taky zajimalo.

rekl bych ze to bude uplne stejny problem jako s komercni aplikaci napsanou v pythonu

Python nie je pod GPL. Ma vlastnu licenciu a podla mna je to prave kvoli komercnym aplikaciam. Nevyznam sa v licenciach, takze sa musim spolahnut na FAQ a tam sa pise:

*Python is absolutely free, even for commercial use (including resale). You can sell a product written in Python or a product that embeds the Python interpreter. No licensing fees need to be paid for such usage.

*There is no GPL-like "copyleft" restriction. Distributing binary-only versions of Python, modified or not, is allowed. There is no requirement to release any of your source code. You can also write extension modules for Python and provide them only in binary form.

Zdroj: http://www.python.org/psf/license/