Stephen Zander wrote:
> OpenSource. Try writing a second Perl implementation from scratch.
Well it's a dicier proposition that writing a Fortran or COBOL
implementation from scratch, but it's Not Intractable. The next
assertion might come as a small shock to you but Larry isn't god.
Topaz worked, didn't it?
> Were something dreadful to happen to Larry and his estate chose to
> change the licensing terms of the current *implementation*, where
> would Perl6 go? Or even Perl5 for that matter?
We would have to continue operating under the license we have been
granted, which does not contain provision for rescinsion.
> --
> Stephen
>
> "Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!"
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