Yeah, making a law is going a little too far imo. Just choose an Open Source language to begin with - then none of this is dependent on corporate whims. That's why it would be nice if VFP were totally open source. Part Open Source is also nice but I doubt private developers will ever be able to make VFP 64 bit without the innards.
Also, Etechnologia would probably be smart to somehow open source their product. But I don't see that happening.

>>Frankly, I'd love to see a law that language developers can't kill a language unless they can't find a buyer for it. They don't have to continue >>development, but they do have to try to let another company do it.

>>A law? Oh my.