Re: LYNX-DEV javascript-license

[Chris Maden]

[Barry Rountree]
> which is why the grammar is now a European (and soon to be
> worldwide) standard.  [Kudos to Klaus for the tip, see
> <http://www.ecma.ch/stand/ecma-262.htm> for details].

This grammar is absolutely 100% usable by anyone.  I'm pretty sure
that MS didn't pay NS to use it; more importantly, ECMAScript is
currently being normatively included in XSL, the stylesheet language
for XML (<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-XSL-970910>).  If it makes you
feel better, call yours an ECMAScript interpreter, and leave the word
"Java" out of it (which is in there only by questionable means in the
first place).

-Chris
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