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Why would I choose any language which runs on the JVM now that Oracle is flexing its muscles? As much as I like Clojure, Scala and Groovy, I'm starting to steer clear of anything related to Oracle's intellectual properties.

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I'm not concerned. IBM has an independent implementation, so copyright is not an issue. Oracle is not about to start a patent war with IBM, so patents are actually less of an issue than they usually are with software. The trademark issue is trivial. I'm not concerned about Oracle's IP.

"I'm not concerned about Oracle's IP." - famous last words.

:-) highly context-dependent

Oracle owns the trademark to JavaScript now too. We are going to have to call it ECMAScript to be safe.

AFAIK server-side JVM solutions are ok, but if you have dreams of shipping an appliance like solution to customers you may well have problems with Oracle.

Although, steering clear of Oracle-anything is a top priority of mine as well.

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