>>> On 1/2/2009 at 7:44 AM, "Chase, John" <[email protected]> wrote: -snip- > But zcobol is touted as "open source". If it is "licensed" in the way > Linux is "licensed", then IBM couldn't buy it any more than they can buy > Linux.
Probably not true, assuming the two developers are the only ones who have contributed to the package, and they agree on selling the rights to it. If other people have contributed, their permission would also be necessary. Obviously as the number of contributors goes up, the likelihood of getting everyone's permission becomes rather dim, which is the case of the Linux kernel. The examples of where such a sale has happened are quite numerous: JBoss, BerkelyDB, MySQL, InnoDB and so on. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
