SJS wrote:
[snip]
Sun sells hardware. Why they're open-sourcing code I don't know,
except perhaps they don't want the sharks to get at it when they
finally go under.
And if you've been following the SCO vs. World+dog mess, you know that
it turns out that Sun had no rights to open-source that code since SCO
was only a reseller and contract-maintainer for Novell.
Novell has made is quite clear to the bankruptcy court that they are not
pleased at all about SCO freeing Sun to do as they wish with code
neither of SCO nor Sun own.
Realistically, it's probably not likely that Novell will revoke Sun's
license (as re-sold by SCO), but Sun can't feel too easy now with Novell
likely to get zero out of a destitute SCO after going on five years of
legal expenses. Novell is going to want a pound of flesh from someone.
[snap]
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~DJA.
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