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Re: GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere

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Am I correct in reading the license in Github that this is all GPL? Albeit GPL2 but still not some Oracle proprietary license.

"One VM to rule them all" reminds me of Parrot VM (for Perl 6). Looks like development slowed down a year or two ago. Back then, it got me excited as it looked like the "open source community" alternative to "Big Corporate Java".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine

Re: GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere

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post #7

Am I correct in reading the license in Github that this is all GPL? Albeit GPL2 but still not some Oracle proprietary license. "One VM to rule them all" reminds me of Parrot VM (for Perl 6). Looks like development slowed down a year or two ago. Back then, it got me excited as it looked like the "open source community" alternative to "Big Corporate Java". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine

If it really is, I’ll gladly start poking at it! That’s the only issue (licensing that is) that’s been pushing me away from Oracle these days.

Re: GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere

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post #7

Am I correct in reading the license in Github that this is all GPL? Albeit GPL2 but still not some Oracle proprietary license. "One VM to rule them all" reminds me of Parrot VM (for Perl 6). Looks like development slowed down a year or two ago. Back then, it got me excited as it looked like the "open source community" alternative to "Big Corporate Java". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine

> Am I correct in reading the license in Github that this is all GPL? Albeit GPL2 but still not some Oracle proprietary license.

Ref https://github.com/oracle/graal#license, appears that the parts you would want to distribute have the classpath exception which allows linking without messing with the license of your code (same as the JVM). The FAQ also covers this: http://www.graalvm.org/docs/faq/.

Re: GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere

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post #7

Am I correct in reading the license in Github that this is all GPL? Albeit GPL2 but still not some Oracle proprietary license. "One VM to rule them all" reminds me of Parrot VM (for Perl 6). Looks like development slowed down a year or two ago. Back then, it got me excited as it looked like the "open source community" alternative to "Big Corporate Java". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine

"One VM to rule them all" goes all the way back to mainframes and their language environments, with UNCOL being one of the first attempts in 1958.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNCOL

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