On Wed, December 13, 2006 1:09 pm, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Joshua Penix wrote: > >> Sure, the Novell/MS agreement might make one think twice before >> signing corporate licensing agreements with Novell, but the way >> parts of the community are running around freaked out shows me that >> they don't have as much faith in Open Source as they like to claim >> they do. > > Josh, as ever, the voice of reason. > > Just remember, if they give it to you under GPL, you have every right > to legally use it under the GPL (and the myriad other OSS licenses > used in a distribution's contents these days). > > Now, if they suddently stop using GPL and go to the MSSSSL (Microsoft > Soul Sucking Software License), you're free to take the last GPL > release and fork it into another GPL project. Nothing anyone can > legally do to stop you. >
Sometimes people are tempted to make deals with someone they perceive as rich and powerful without reviewing the recent history of others who made deals with the Big Dog. And often they live to regret it -- ask Tony Blair. I think Novell can pretty much count on being one of the shaftees in all this. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
