Richard Stallman e a "armadilha" do Java
Richard Stallman, o guru do Software Livre, fala sobre a "armadilha" do Java. (Ele refere-se aos programas que dependem de uma plataforma não livre para funcionar.)
"If some of a program's dependencies are non-free, this means that all or part of the program is unable to run in an entirely free system--it is unusable in the Free World. Sure, we could redistribute the program and have copies on our machines, but that's not much good if it won't run. That program is free software, but it is effectively shackled by its non-free dependencies.
This problem can occur in any kind of software, in any language. For instance, a free program that only runs on Microsoft Windows is clearly useless in the Free World. But software that runs on GNU/Linux can also be useless if it depends on other non-free software. In the past, Motif (before we had LessTif) and Qt (before its developers made it free software) were major causes of this problem. Most 3D video cards work fully only with non-free drivers, which also cause this problem. But the major source of this problem today is Java, because people who write free software often feel Java is sexy. Blinded by their attraction to the language, they overlook the issue of dependencies, and they fall into the Java Trap."
http://programming.newsforge.com/programming/04/04/07/2021242.shtml
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conflict in requirements, software dependencies
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GregorioIvanoff - 25 Feb 2008
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