Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaking for myself only of course :) [not for my employer, ibm] I'm curious what 'releasing unix as open source' would really do for anyone. So we can call it unix instead of linux? also you've probably seen it, but i enjoyed esr's article on http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html
regards GPL - Personally i think that open source is usually the best model from a lot of stand points.. but everyone needs to put food on the plate somehow, and they have a right to sell their hard work (property) and get reimbursed somehow . Now you can get paid to work on open source, that's nice. Or, maybe something is open source, but you charge for the consulting work to hook it up. or, maybe you charge for custom software that does somethign above and beyond what's available for free. Or you might even charge for the entire package (the traditional model). I hope i'm not continuing an argument, but i think there are a lot of companies and individuals out there who maybe will not agree that 'all software in the world has to be freely available with source' but who would be will ing to contribute source, time, effort, money.. to various projects. One really cool thing, speaking personally, is that open source forces a higher level of accountability, quality, etc. Since I know many people will read my code , possibly from the moment I check it in [literally sometimes], it has to be in good shape!! Just my Lm 0.02 ...... srl.... On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 08:31 PM, Ramon Casha wrote: > 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. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------
