Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't think UNIX (or in the case of IBM, AIX) will ever be released publicly because of the intellectual property in it.
I am all in favour of open source, but on the other hand, it really is not fair to copy private source code into the public domain without permission. Imagine if a program that you spend months working on (and that you were trying to sell to make a living) ended up in Linux *without* your permission... I don't think anyone would like it. If you look at the GPL, it basically forces developers to release source code in many circumstances, even if they have just an individual component in their application obtained from open source. Arguably, the GPL can be ignored with impunity if the majority of the system consists of closed, private source code. If absolutely everything was under GPL, I would find it hard to see how people could make a living selling programs, especially to large corporations. Personally I think that innovative new algorithms benefit from spending at least an initial period of time *not* open source, so that the developer gets some money out of it (rightly so!) before maybe making parts of it available to the whole community. Cheers, Angelo Dalli - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Keith Vassallo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 16 15:54:42 2003 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 08:18:01 +0200 >Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Hello List, > >Ramon Said: "...and release Unix as open-source" wow, wouldn't that be a >treat! > >Even if SCO does win the lawsuit, how many Linux users and the Linux >community will trust them? After all, in their accusations against IBM, >they said that the Linux community would never have managed to develop an >advanced OS without considerable funding from IBM and the Unix code - that's >plain offensive I suppose. > >SCO have either signed their own death, or, most probably as you said, want >to be bought (and what a nice way to do it...) > >Keith > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Casha >Sent: 19 June 2003 05:31 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >SCO are after the money - either as a big lawsuit or a big buyout. It's >still a bit early to know what the end result will be. I'm keeping my >fingers crossed and hoping that IBM will buy SCO and release Unix as >open-source - something like Sun did with StarOffice. That should settle >the matter forever. > >Ramon > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux >mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing >list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux >mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing >list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent through the WebMail system at maltalinks.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
