[lugm.org] Swift to be open sourced

[Loganaden Velvindron]

 Open Source programming language means that the whole implementation is available under an Open Source license. There are a lot of issues involved when open sourcing stuff like swift. You need to get the clearance of lawyers. This is complex, due to US laws that govern patents.
Apple has been a heavy consumer of BSD licensed Open Source which fits their business model. It's interesting to point out that Apple does open source a few stuff. It's unlikely that it will use the GPL for swift. Regardless of the license, what matters is how much man power Apple is going to put to maintain the Linux port of swift.


 



     On Sunday, 14 June 2015, 18:00, Nayar Joolfoo <nayar at joolfoo.com> wrote:
   

 Hey guys,
Swift is a programming language created by apple. It has been announced that it will be open sourced. https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/?id=29
"At launch we intend to contribute ports for OS X, iOS, and Linux."
1. I do not understand exactly what an open source programming language is. 2. How do you feel as a Linux user/developer about this?
RegardsNayar
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