tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829446045630484531.post6210601270189765484..comments2023-07-02T04:58:24.112-07:00Comments on HPC-Opinion: The End of Bash Scripts?Ben "HPC" Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09363146663827380063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829446045630484531.post-77013715854782975222011-08-23T07:24:36.286-07:002011-08-23T07:24:36.286-07:00You are correct. The issue discussed here is that ...You are correct. The issue discussed here is that a company claims that Bash scripts used to provision the clusters were stolen and distribute. That is, they claimed trade secrets were shipped to every customer with no more than a copyright notice. Therefore the nature of distributing and re-using Bash scripts is in question.Ben "HPC" Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363146663827380063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829446045630484531.post-3498611334339516772011-08-23T06:09:40.766-07:002011-08-23T06:09:40.766-07:00I don't really undestand you. Bash allows you ...I don't really undestand you. Bash allows you to develop some logic, that is named a program. You can call it a script, that's the same thing. There are many languages assimilated as scripts like, python, ruby, even java in some ways. <br />What is done with it can be protected (copyrights, restricted rights, GPL, etc.), but the language itself has its own protection, and most of the languages allows you to write proprietary code, even if you can read it (text file).<br />So I don't see any danger in coding in bash...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com