begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 01:10:00PM -0800: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:49:55PM -0800, Ralph Shumaker spake thusly: > > I don't know if I was clear. I meant that they should make OS2 open > > source and put it under the GPL or somesuch. > > The problem with open sourcing proprietary software is that there is often > a lot of code licensed from other companies involved. OS/2 is not just > IBM's but had code from Microsoft and others in it so the can't just open > source it.
I just think that they've scarfed a few GPL'd programs, filed off the serial numbers, and can't afford to spend the effort to scrub that stuff out before releasing it. -Stewart "IBM has found a weapon in Linux, not an ally" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
