Ed, with Typescript the code is released under the Apache license so I don't see copyright as a problem.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 6, 2017, at 4:37 PM, Paul Hemans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Being open source guarantees that it can be forked and that we don't end > up > > in the dead end that VFP became. But there are other options for strongly > > typed JS available. It is just that being associated with MS means that > it > > has stronger support, whereas other open source projects can simply dry > up. > > That certainly helps, but what is more important is having the copyright > to the code owned by an independent foundation. > > Python is owned by the Python Software Foundation. OpenStack is owned by > the OpenStack Foundation. Kubernetes is owned by the Cloud Native Computing > Foundation. > > What that means is that the code is not for sale. No corporation can buy > the code and bury it, as Microsoft did with FoxPro. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/signed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > application/pgp-signature > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAKT3oPeR=1Wj7SRG=n4j+wxvewgsvxxo386_b4ufjsfj_en...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
