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		rowland66 on March 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write libraries instead of services, where possibl... Yes, the OP has this backwards. The Java sandbox would allow an application to limit the access granted to a library to protect from a malicious library. It does not protect a library from being used by an application in way that was not intended by the library creator. It is certainly not a means of enforcing a licensing scheme.

catern on March 9, 2021 [–]

>It is certainly not a means of enforcing a licensing scheme.

Could you explain what gave you the impression that this was about licensing schemes? That was definitely not my intention.

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